The Times-Picayune 10-24-2025

GOPelectiondelay plan drawsfierceopposition

Democratschallenging legislationthatwould allow more time to possibly draw newcongressional map

BY ALYSE PFEIL Staff writer

Democrats in theLouisiana Legislature quickly putupafight on the first day of aspecial session Thursday,opposing aRepublican plan to push the state’sclosed party primaries from April to May

The GOP effort is aimed at creatingmoretime beforethe 2026 midterm election cycletorespond to a possible U.S. Supreme Court decision in aconsequential votingrights case —and to allow state lawmakers to potentially draw anew congressional map withone ortwo fewer

seats favoring Democrats.

Democrats in the Legislature don’t have the votes to stop theplan, but they spent hours asking pointed questions during apublic vetting of the legislation in theSenate and Governmental AffairsCommittee.

Sen. Gary Carter Jr., D-New Orleans, fiercely criticized the plan.

Hisquestioning of First Assistant Secretary of State Catherine Newsome turned heated, and the senator appeared visibly frustrated.

“If this bill were to pass, it interferes with Louisiana’scurrently scheduled U.S. midtermelections,” he insisted angrily,after Newsome

refused to agree with that characterization.

“I don’t agree that it interferes withthe congressional election, because that was your originalquestion —and it doesn’tinterfere; it changesthe dates,” Newsome emphatically responded. “Wecan administer it in April and May or May and June with integrity.”

Five minutes later,Senate President Cameron Henry,R-Metairie, entered the committee room, looked at Carter,and quietly told himto “breathe, breathe.”

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NBAcoach andplayercharged

BY ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, TIMREYNOLDS and PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press

BY BEN MYERS Staff writer

Therace is on forNew Orleans’ government to clear thenecessary hurdlesfor aquickcash infusiontomakepayroll, after the City Council on Thursday voted unanimously to take what amounts to a$125 million payday loan.

The city needsthe State Bond Commission’sapproval to sell revenue bonds, and itsnextscheduledmeeting is Nov. 20. City officialshave said cash could run out at somepoint next month.

Mayor-elect Helena Moreno, the council’s vice president, said before thevoteshe is trying to get the Bond Commission to schedule an emergency meeting next week. Astate Treasury

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Never mind Halloween. On Thursday,the New Orleans City Council was already busy with Mardi Gras.

The council voted to start astring of parades early, to greenlight theexpansionofanUptown float den, and to name an intersection after arenowned Black Masking Indian. Mardi Gras is, of course, apassion in the CrescentCity, amajor industry anda bigpart of its international identity,soit’snever too soon to get down to Carnival business. The big party kicks off in just 74 days. With three popular parades —Chaos,Babylon

NEW YORK The head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers and aplayer forthe Miami Heat werearrested Thursday along with morethan30 other people in atakedown of two

sprawlinggamblingoperations thatauthoritiessaid leaked inside informationabout NBA athletes and rigged poker games backed by Mafia families. Portland coach Chauncey Billups wascharged with participating in aconspiracy to fix high-stakes card games tied to La CosaNostraorganized crime families that cheated unsuspecting gamblers out of at least $7 million. Heat guard Terry Rozierwas accused in aseparate scheme of exploiting privateinformation aboutplayers to win betsonNBA games. The two indictments unsealed in New York createamassive cloud for the NBA— which opened its season this week —and show how

certain types of wagers are vulnerable to massive fraud in the growing, multibillion-dollar legal sports-betting industry.Joseph Nocella, thetop federal prosecutor for theEastern District of New York, called it “one of the most brazen sports corruption schemes since onlinesports betting became widely legalized in the United States.”

“My message to the defendants

who’ve been rounded up today is this: Your winning streak has ended,” Nocellasaid.“Your luck has run out.”

Both men face money laundering

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STAFF PHOTO By JAVIER GALLEGOS

Rep.RodneyLyons, D-Marrero, center,shakes handswith Rep. Kendricks Brass, D-Vacherie,during the firstday of thespecial legislativesession at the State Capitol on Thursday

Democrats in Virginia launch redistricting push

Virginia Democrats Thursday said they will seek to redraw the blue-trending state’scongressional map to flip two or three Republican-held seats and counter President Trump’spush to hold Congress in nextyear’s crucial midtermelections.

Lawmakers would seek to pass aconstitutional amendment necessary to open thedoor to redistricting ahead of the 2026 electionsand converting the current 6-5splittoasmuchasa9-2 Democraticedgeinthe state’sHouse of Representatives delegation

The pushcould helpDemocratseven the playing fieldas Trumppushes redstate Republicans to grab as many Democraticseats as possible ahead of what is forecast as adifficult political year for the GOP.

State Sen. Scott Surovell, the Democratic majority leader, confirmed the redistricting plans, which would require the approval of both housesinthe state legislature.

Former DemocraticRep.AbigailSpanberger leads Republican Lt. Gov.Winsome EarleSearsbyahealthy margin in polls of next month’soff-year race for Virginia governor Spanberger had previously said she was not planning to push the state to undergo mid-decade redistricting.

Mich. man threatened to kill Trump, feds say DETROIT U.S. Secret Service agentshave arrested aMichigan man and accused the former U.S. Air Forceairman of threateningtokillPresident Donald Trump over the administration’s LGBTQ+ policies, according to federal court records unsealed Thursday

Joshua Levi Young, 21, of Ishpeming, is accused of issuing several threats since January that called for the execution of Trump, including posts that read “Death to Trump,” “Death To POTUS” and “Kill the dictator.” The case unsealed Thursday charged Young with threatening to kill and injure the president, and transmitting an interstate threat, both five-year felonies.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Maarten VermaatorderedYoung held without bond after adetention hearing Thursday in Marquette Secret Service investigators searched social media and found several threats posted on Instagram, Facebookand Xthisyear “I am going to kill Trump raise him from the dead and kill him again,” one Instagram postread “Death to Trump.” Public records led to Young as the author of the posts, Special Agent Adam Rogers wrote in the criminal filing.

Adams endorses Cuomo in NYC mayoral race

NEWYORK New York City Mayor EricAdams endorsed Andrew Cuomo in the city’smayoral election Thursday, throwing his weight behind abitter rival he recently called a“snake and aliar” as the former governortries to defeat Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani. Adams, who dropped his own reelection bid last month, made the announcement while standing alongside Cuomo at aHarlem housingproject, lashing out at Mamdani as a“snake-oil salesman” and the “king of the gentrifiers.”

He also alluded to his past battles with Cuomo. “Brothers fight,” Adams said. “But when families are attacked, brothers come together.”

Cuomo, acentrist, has cast himself as the only candidate who can beat Mamdani, a34-year-old democratic socialist and stateassemblymember whoshocked the political establishment by soundly defeating the former governor in the June primary

CORRECTION

A story Wednesday incorrectly paraphrased MayorLaToya Cantrell’sintergovernmental affairs director’scommenton President Donald Trump’srelationship to New Orleans. Art Walton did not intend to suggest that the president’sadministrationwas punishing NewOrleans. TheTimes-Picayune regrets the error

Billstopay federalworkers fail

BY MARYCLARE JALONICK and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press

WASHINGTON The Senate on Thursday rejected dueling partisan bills to pay federal workers during thegovernment shutdown, with both Republicansand Democrats deflectingblameasmany employees are set to miss their first full paycheck at the end of this week

With unpaid staff andlaw enforcement standing nearby,Republicans objected as Democrats proposed avoice vote on their legislation to pay all federal workers and prevent PresidentDonald Trump’sadministration from mass firings. Democratsthenblocked a Republican bill to pay employees who are working and not furloughed, 54-45.

The back-and-forth on Day 23 of the government shutdown comes as thetwo partiesare at aprotracted impasse with no signs of either side giving in. Democratssay they won’tvote to reopen the government until Republicans negotiate withthem on extending expiring subsidies under the Affordable CareAct. Republicans say they won’t negotiate on thesubsidies until Democrats vote to reopen the government. Trump is mostly disengagedand headed to Asia in thecoming days.

TheRepublican bill by Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsinwould pay “excepted” workers who still have to come to work during the current government shutdown andany future shutdowns.The billwould “end this punishing federal workersfor ourdysfunction forever,” Johnson said.

But Democratssay thelegislation is unfair to the workers who are involuntarily furloughed and could give Cabinet secretariestoo much discretion as to who gets paid.

Johnson’sbill is “nothing more thananother tool for Trump to hurt federal workers and American families and to keep this shutdown going for as long as he wants,” SenateMinority Leader Chuck Schumer,D-N.Y., said ahead of the votes.

The Democratic bills would have paid amuch larger swath of workers as most federal workers are settomiss paychecks over the next week

“It seems like everyone in this chamber agrees we shouldpay federal workers,”Sen.GaryPeters, D-Mich., said aheadofthe vote. But because of the shutdown, “they arepaying aprice.” As Congressisunabletoagree

on away forward, moneyfor essential services could soon reach acrisis point.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Thursday that his message to air traffic controllers during the government shutdown is “cometowork, even if youdonot get apaycheck.”

Duffy said that air traffic controllers will miss their first full paycheck on Tuesdayand that some are having to make choices to pay the mortgage andotherbills, at times by taking asecond job.

“I cannot guarantee you your flight is going to be on time. Icannot guarantee your flight is not going to be canceled,” Duffy said. Payments for federal food and heating assistance could also run out soon, along with funding for Head Startpreschool programs, several states have warned.

Entire East Wing demolished forballroom

BY DARLENE SUPERVILLE and JACQUELYNMARTIN Associated Press

WASHINGTON The entire White House East Wing has been demolished as President Donald Trump movesforward with construction of aballroom, Associated Press photosonThursdayshowed.

The EastWing, where first ladies created history,planned state dinners andpromoted causes, is now historyitself. The two-story structureofdrawing roomsand offices, including workspace for first ladies and their staffs, has been turned into rubble, demolished as part of theRepublicanpresident’s plan to build what he said is nowa$300 millionballroom nearly twicethe size of the White House.

Trump said Wednesdaythat keeping the EastWing would have “hurt avery, very expensive, beautiful building” that he saidpresidents have wanted for years. He said “me and somefriends of mine” will pay for the ballroom at no cost to taxpayers.

Trump allowed the demolition to begin this week despite notyet having approval from therelevant government agencies with jurisdiction over constructiononfederal property Preservationists havealso urged theTrump administration to halt the demolition until plansfor the 90,000-square-foot ballroom can go through therequired public review process.

TheNational Trustfor Historic Preservation said the review process, including time formembers

of the public to commentonplans for theballroom, would “provide a crucial opportunity for transparency and broad engagement —values that have guided preservation of the WhiteHouse under every administrationgoing back to the public competition in 1792 that produced the building’soriginal design.”

The Trust also expressed concern to the National Capital Planning Commission, the National Park Service and the Commission

of Fine Arts that the size of the proposed ballroom will overwhelm theExecutive Mansion, which standsat55,000 square feet “and may permanently disrupt the carefully balanced classical design of theWhiteHouse.”

Both commissions have jurisdiction over changes to the White House. The park service manages theWhiteHouse grounds and has a role in theprocess as several trees on theSouth Lawn have been cut down as part of the construction.

States that votedfor Trump getdisasterdeclarations

BYGABRIELAAOUN ANGUEIRA

Associated Press

President Donald Trump approved major disasterdeclarationsfor Alaska, Nebraska,North Dakota andthe Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe late Wednesday, whiledenying requests fromVermont, Illinois and Maryland andleaving other states still waiting foranswers.

The decisionsfell mostly alongparty lines, with Trumptouting on social media Wednesday that he had “won BIG” in Alaska in thelastthree presidential elections and that it was his “honor” to deliver for the“incredible Patriots” of Missouri,a state he also won three times.

The disaster declarations authorize the FederalEmergency ManagementAgency to support recipients with federal financial assistance to repairpublic infrastructure damaged by disasters and, in some cases, provide survivors money for repairs and temporary housing.

While Trump has approved moredisaster declarationsthan he’sdenied this year,hehas also repeatedly floatedthe idea of “phasing out”FEMA, sayinghe wants states to take moreresponsibility fordisasterresponseand recovery Statesalready takethe lead in disasters, but depend on federalassistancewhen theneedsexceed what they can manage alone.

Trump has also taken longer to approve disaster declarationrequeststhaninany previous administration,includinghis first,according to an Associated Press analysis.

The statesapproved for disaster declarations include Alaska,which filed an

expeditedrequest afterexperiencing back-to-back storms this month that wrecked coastal villages, displaced 2,000 residents andkilledatleast oneperson Trump approveda 100% cost shareof disaster-related expenses for 90 days.

North Dakota andNebraska will also receive public assistance for August severe weather, andthe Leech LakeBand of Ojibwe in Minnesotawas approved for both public and individual assistance for aJune storm that felled thousands of trees across its tribal lands.

Trumpdenied four requests, including Maryland’s appeal forreconsideration after the state was denied adisaster declaration for Mayfloodingthatseverely impacted thestate’stwo westernmost counties.

Democratic Gov.Wes Moore denounced thedecisioninastatement Thursday,calling the final denial “deeply frustrating.”

“President Trump andhis administration have politicizeddisasterrelief,and ourcommunities are the ones who will paythe price,”said Moore.

Trump also denied Vermonta majordisaster declaration for July 10 floods after thestate waited over nine weeksfor adecision. The damages farexceed what some of thesmalltownsimpacted can afford on their own, said Eric Forand, Vermont’semergency managementdirector “It’swell over theannualbudgetor two years’ budget (of sometowns), to fix those roads,” Forand said.

The other denials included an applicationfromIllinoisfor individual assistance for threecounties impacted in July by severe storms andflooding, andone from Alaska to rebuild apublic safetybuilding thatburned in aJuly electrical fire. The WhiteHouse did not immediately respond to questionsabout why the states were denied.

Both agencies currently areclosed becauseofthe government shutdown. Trump installedtop aide Will Scharf as chairman of the planning commission.

The National ParkServicesaid in August, after the White House announced the ballroom project, that it had provided historic preservation guidanceand support as part of abroader consultation process. It said final decisions are made by theExecutive Office of the President.

ASSOCIATEDPRESS PHOTOByJACQUELyN MARTIN

Debris is seen at alargely demolished partofthe East Wing of the White House on Thursday

Moreno forms policy committees for transition

BY BLAKE PATERSON Staff writer

Mayor-elect Helena Moreno’s transition team has formed seven policy committees to guide her incoming administration’s priorities as she prepares to take office in January

The committees are economic development; public safety; financial and operational excellence; housing and affordability; youth and families; east of the Industrial Canal; and culture, film, music and the arts.

The groups, announced Thursday, will be led by a range of civic leaders. Their work will be overseen by the transition team’s various co-chairs.

“Each policy committee brings together a diverse team of community leaders and subject matter experts who are volunteering their

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and wire fraud conspiracy charges. Also charged was former NBA assistant coach and player Damon Jones, who stands accused of participating in both schemes.

“The fraud is mind-boggling,” FBI Director Kash Patel told reporters “We’re talking about tens of millions of dollars in fraud and theft and robbery across a multiyear investigation.”

The alleged fraud, however, paled in comparison to the riches the athletes earned on the court. Billups, who was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame last year, had about $106 million in earnings over his 17-year career Rozier made about $160 million in his stops in Boston, Miami and Charlotte.

Billups and Rozier have been placed on leave from their teams, according to the NBA, which said it is cooperating with authorities.

“We take these allegations with the utmost seriousness, and the integrity of our game remains our top priority,” the NBA said in a statement.

Hours after his arrest, Rozier appeared in a federal court in Orlando Florida, wearing a Charlotte Hornets sweatshirt, handcuffs and shackles. Billups appeared before a judge in Portland, Oregon. Both men were ordered released from custody on certain conditions. Billups’ attorney, Chris Heywood, declined to comment after the hearing.

Rozier’s lawyer, Jim Trusty, said in a statement that his client is “not a gambler” and “looks forward to winning this fight.” Trusty criticized authorities for not allowing his client to surrender on his own and accused officials of wanting “the misplaced glory of embarrassing a professional athlete with a perp walk.”

Messages were left Thursday at a phone number and email address listed in public records for Jones.

time and talent to prepare my administration to hit the ground running on Day One,” Moreno said in a news release Thursday

“Their work will help shape policy recommendations, identify top short- and long-term priorities, and ensure our government reflects the people of New Orleans and operates with urgency transparency and accountability,” Moreno said.

The Economic Development Committee will be led by veteran racial justice organizer and author Barbara Major and Pete November, president and CEO of Ochsner Health.

The Public Safety Committee will be led by Michael Harrison, former New Orleans Police Department superintendent and commissioner for the Baltimore Police Department, and Mary Claire Landry, CEO of the nonprofit New Orleans Family Justice Center and

the HOPE Community Health Center Vanessa Brown Claiborne, president and CEO of the local investment and banking firm Chaffe & Associates, will be part of the Financial and Operational Excellence Committee and lead efforts on shoring up the city’s budget, which faces a proposed $200 million in cuts in 2026 and a $160 million deficit to close out this year Former state Sen. Ann Duplessis will lead efforts to improve city services, also within that same committee. And Michael Hecht, president and CEO of Greater New Orleans Inc., will lead that committee’s efforts to improve city infrastructure. Leading the Housing and Affordability Committee is Kevin Ferguson, vice president of New Orleans & Co., and District B City Council member Lesli Harris. The Youth and Families Committee will be led by Erika Mann, CEO of the Dryades YMCA, and Orleans Par-

Roughly 20 other defendants appeared in federal court in Brooklyn, where most of them pleaded not guilty Many of those charged with violent crimes or with lengthy criminal records and ties to organized crime were detained. The poker scheme lured unwitting players into rigged games with the chance to compete against former professional basketball players like Billups and Jones. The games were fixed using sophisticated cheating technology such as altered cardshuffling machines, hidden cameras in poker chip trays, special sunglasses and even X-ray equipment built into the table to read cards, authorities allege The scheme often made use of illegal poker games run by New York crime families that required them to share a portion of their proceeds with the Gambino, Genovese and Bonnano crime families, according to court papers. Members of those families, in turn, also helped commit violent acts, including assault extortion and robbery, to ensure repayment of debts and the continued success of the operation, officials said in court documents.

In the sports betting scheme, Rozier and other defendants are accused of

accessing private information from NBA players or coaches that could affect a player’s performance and giving that information to others so they could place wagers. Players sometimes altered their performance or took themselves out of games early to rig prop bets — a type of wager that allows gamblers to bet on whether a player will exceed a certain statistic, such as a total number of points, rebounds or assists, according to the indictment.

In one instance, Rozier while playing for the Charlotte Hornets in 2023, told people he was planning to leave the game early with a supposed injury allowing gamblers to place wagers earning them tens of thousands of dollars, authorities said. That game against the New Orleans Pelicans raised eyebrows at the time. Rozier played the first 9 minutes and 36 seconds of the game before leaving, citing a foot issue He did not play again that season.

Posts still online from March 23, 2023, show that some bettors were furious with sportsbooks that evening when it became evident that Rozier was not going to return to the game after the first quarter, with many turning to social media to say that something “shady”

ish School Board member Carlos Luis Zervigón.

The East of the Industrial Canal Committee will be led by Dr Takeisha Charles Davis, president and CEO of New Orleans East Hospital, and Clerk of First City Court Donna Glapion. The Culture, Film, Music and Arts Committee will be led by visual artist and filmmaker Brandan “BMike” Odums and artist and gallery owner Terrance Osborne. The work of each transition policy committee will be overseen by one of four co-chairs Moreno selected to lead her transition. They are Cedric Richmond, former congressman and senior adviser to President Joe Biden; Desiree Charbonnet, former Orleans Parish Municipal Court judge who unsuccessfully ran for mayor in 2017; Ryan Berger, a real estate developer; and Emily Arata, system vice president at Ochsner Health and former deputy mayor in Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s admin-

had happened regarding the prop bets involving his stats for that night.

The indictments contain the descriptions of several unnamed NBA players whose injury status and availability for certain games were the source of betting activity Those players are not accused of any wrongdoing, and there is no indication that they would have even known what was being said about their status for those games.

Those players include LeBron James, Anthony Davis and Damian Lillard. Their identities are clear based on a review of corresponding injury reports surrounding games mentioned in the indictment. The indictments show that certain defendants shared information about the availability of those players in a game on March 24, 2023, involving the Portland Trail Blazers, and two games in 2023 and 2024 involving the Los Angeles Lakers.

istration. Moreno also formed committees to lead the search for a chief administrative officer and city attorney The transition would not provide a salary range for those positions, though transition spokesperson Todd Ragusa said voters should expect it to be “commensurate with the significant and expansive scope of the role and the caliber of the talent that the public expects.” The Times-Picayune submitted public records requests Thursday seeking the information.

Ragusa pointed to a survey conducted in December by the City Services Coalition that found that 71% of New Orleans voters “support requiring higher standards of experience and qualifications” for future CAOs “even if it means paying the person who has the job more money.”

Email Blake Paterson at bpaterson@theadvocate.com.

PARADES

andMuses —the Thursday night before Mardi Gras is one of the busiest times of the New Orleans Carnival season. The downside is thatsometimes the long train of floats can drag into the evening later than planned.

At City Hall on Thursday,the City Councilvoted unanimously, 7-0, to start the evening an hour earlier,in hopesofallowingthe long procession to end at amore reasonable hour.Beginning in 2026, the trio of parades will kick off at 4:30p.m. instead of 5:30 p.m. It’shoped that the change will get float riders, marching bands, spectators and firstresponders home earlier

The move was promptedinpart by the Thursday before Carnival 2025, when the night’sproceedings were disrupted with the breakdown of an antique Chaos parade float that delayed the conclusionof thetrailingMusesparadeintothe wee hours.

At the suggestion of theleadership of Chaos, Babylon and Muses, the City Council also agreed to changethe sequenceofthe three

floatssince at least the 1970s. In June, the krewe leadership purchasedanadjacent property in hopes of expanding the den.

On Thursday, theCityCouncil voted unanimously,7-0,togrant the venerable parading organization aconditional use permit to proceed with its plans. If all goes as intended, the krewewill demolish ayellow warehouse at 2903 Tchoupitoulas St. in order to expand its SixthStreet float storage space and create anew entrance.

Mardi Gras Indian tribe, appeared at the meeting to acceptaspecial honor.Council memberJPMorrell announced that the cornerofValence and Magnolia streets would henceforth be named for the octogenarian Black Masking Indian and recording artist.

parades. In 2026,the sequence will begin withChaos,followed by Babylonand ending, as usual, with Muses. In thepast, the lineup began with Babylon, followed by

Chaos and Muses. The 88-year-old Krewe of Hermes has usedthe huge warehouseat418-436 Sixth St., near Tchoupitoulas Street, to store its

In June, the Historic District Landmarks Commission approved demolition of theyellow warehouse and approved the concept for the new den’sdesign. The krewe also boughtapurple warehouse at 2901 Tchoupitoulas St., which houses the Banana Manor rug store. The buildingmay become akrewemuseumand event space. Hermes’conditional usepermit andthe changestothe parade lineupwere amongseveral issues voted on simultaneouslyThursday as partofa consentagenda.Each proposal had been previously discussed by the council. There was no discussion Monk Boudreaux, the beloved Big Chief of the Golden Eagles

The“BigChiefMonkBoudreauxHonoraryIntersection”isnear Boudreaux’shome, where he and his fellow Golden Eaglesdebut theirnew suitson Mardi Grasmorning, continuing an age-old, entirely unique New Orleans tradition. The corner will eventually be marked with special signs. Instead of aflamboyantfeathered suit, Boudreaux wore a buckethat adornedwith abeaded Mardi Gras Indian patch as he sat in thecenter of thecouncil chambers surrounded by asmallentourage. He smiled as he accepted the praise of one council member after another Afterward,Boudreaux saidhe was happy the City Council had honored him sooner rather than later. “I’m glad becauseatleast they didn’twait until Idied,” Boudreaux said. “Everybody else is dead when they put their nameon astreet.”

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spokespersonsaid the commission is working to get the meeting scheduled.If thathappens,and if thecommission approves, the city should have the cash infusion within weeks.

The loan is arisky maneuver,since there is no guarantee the city will be able to pay off the loan when it comes due next year: City officials are banking on President Donald Trump’s administration releasing $120 million in grant funds to pay the loan, but that’san uncertain prospect.

“No doubt about it, that’s a risk,” Moreno said after the vote.“If for some reason that doesn’tcome to fruition, well then it’sgoing to be up to me to figureout howwe’re going to deal with this.”

The payroll crisis burst into the open this week after months of consternation over abudget deficit that will already place severe constraints on Moreno’sadministration, likely leading to cuts in essential city services and potentially to new taxes andfees.

While MayorLaToya Cantrell’soutgoing administration and the council hash out the2026 city budget, Moreno said she was blindsided on Tuesday when city

ChiefAdministrative Officer Joe Threat notified her that thecityisnow facing immediatecashshortage that will threaten payroll next month without an immediatefix.

That also cameasashock to the city’sworkforce,which includes approximately 4,700 employees. MembersofAFSCME Local2349, which represents all but policeand fire employees, rallied on Thursdaymorningbeforethe council meeting to demand greater transparency from city officials.

“Wehavebeenblindsided as much as thecitizens of New Orleansonthis.It’sunacceptable for anyadministrationtoallowthistohappen,” said AmandaFallis, the union president Threat told council members in ameeting on Wednesdaythe cashshortage stems from$120millioninanticipated Federal Emergency ManagementAgency grant payments that haven’tbeen delivered. To getthe grant money,FEMA needs to extenda spending deadline for a$2billionHurricaneKatrina award for road repairs. The deadline has already been pushed back multiple times.

The deadlineextensions were fairly sure betsduring the Bidenadministration, but Trump’srevampingof FEMA and other agencieshas created uncertaintyabout federal funding in general.Trump hasalsodirected FEMA not

to fund “sanctuary” cities deemed to be obstructing federal immigration enforcement, although his orders are tied up in courts. New Orleans is on afederal listof sanctuarycities.

Cityofficials had hopedthe FEMA extension andpending grant funds would have beenclearedbynow,but Threat toldcouncil members the federal government shutdown eliminated any hope of receiving them soon. FEMA typically makes grant paymentsasreimbursements, but Threat told the council the city had negotiated to receivepayments on theroads projects as advances.The $120 million shortage from the grant paymentsled to the immediate cash crisis, he said. Threat didnot explain at the meeting howstalled advances forroad work resulted in ageneral operations cash shortage,but he sent an email to state officials on Thursdayassuring them “wehave proper protocols in place” to separate the grant and operating funds.A spokesperson for the Governor’sOffice of Homeland Securityand Emergency Preparedness said the city has complied with FEMA’s rules.

Cityofficialsare alsolooking to the Sewerage &Water Boardfor cash. They say the cityhas fronted $87.5 million forinfrastructureprojects on the S&WB’s behalf that

hasn’tbeen repaid, though it’snot clear if the S&WB agrees with that accounting.

S&WB spokesperson

Ceara Labat said the board is working withthe city“to accurately capture any outstanding amounts.”

“Ourteams areinactive communication to ensure

allfinancial matters are fully reconciled. We understand the serious budget challenges the city is facing and are movingquickly to do our part in helping find solutions,” Labat said.

In the Wednesday meeting, council President JP Morrell noted Cantrell is in

aposition to push the S&WB to repay,since themayor chairs the board.

“The person whowill be leading thecharge forthe Sewerage &Water Boardto reimburse the city should be the head of the Sewerage & Water Board itself,” Morrell said.

STAFF PHOTO By DOUGMacCASH

Big Chief Monk Boudreaux receives aproclamation from the New Orleans City Council, declaring that the corner of Valence and Magnolia streets would henceforth be named the Big Chief Monk Boudreaux Honorary Intersection.

LSUtightensgameday security,restricts traffic

BY AIDAN McCAHILL Staff writer

After LSU officials announcedheightened game day security measures last week, the school has released more details ahead of Saturday’smatchup against Texas A&M.

For the majority of fans, the biggest change will likely be traffic.

Beginning at 2:30 p.m. Saturday,the section of Highland Road that runs through campus will be closed to all vehicles without LSU football parkingpermits, accordingtoarelease fromthe university

Similar restrictions have been implemented in the past, though not within the past fewyears. According to Lt. Brandon Johnson, who overseesgameday traffic for the Baton Rouge Police Department, fans shouldex-

pect increased gridlock near campus.

“The increasedvolume outside of campus is going to be more difficultto traverse,” he said Officials will bechecking at fiveentry points into campus, diverting thosewithout parking passes to free parking near River Road and BurbankDrive.

The university is also planning to add morepolice to its usualteam of 400 law enforcementofficials, made up of LSU police, the BRPD, the EastBaton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Officeand State Police. However,LSU did not reveal thenumber of extra law enforcement officersit would add

“Toprotect theoperational integrity of the security plans, we cannotdisclose specifics,” aspokesperson said Wednesday Those officers are ex-

Retorted Carter: “It sounds like the rigging of an election. It sounds like the first stepinthe process of how do we rig an election.”

“You know,it’shard to breathe,” Carter said to those gatheredinthe room. “Becausethose of us wholivein America, those of us who live in Louisiana …wehave great respect for our Constitution, we have great respect for our laws, we havegreat respect for our democracy and how we elect our leaders.”

Carter said it is like achild “finding out that there is no Santa Claus.”

“I’m losing trust in our system,” he said.

Sen. Sam Jenkins, DShreveport, said Republicans were being disingenuous about the potential impact of pushing back the election.

“Weshould not try to pass it off to the public that we are changing adate,” Jenkins said. “We’re putting into place aprocedure, a procedurethat could very much be complicated, convoluted, complex and could very much be infringing on voters’ participation in the upcoming election.”

Jenkins said changing the rules for just one election “is very suspect.”

He pressed Sen. Caleb Kleinpeter, the Port Allen Republican sponsoring the legislation, repeatedly on this point. But Kleinpeter remained firm that it merely amounts to achangeof dates.

“Wechange laws all the time,” he said.

“All we’re doingispreparing ourselves in case the Supreme Court comes back withacertain ruling,” Kleinpeter said. Jenkins insisted that lawmakers are “too doggone close” to the 2026 election cycle to make changes. Later in the hearing, Carter asked Kleinpeter,“Do you think interfering with U.S. congressional elections is a signofintegrity,Mr. Chairman?”

“Weare not interfering with the election,” Kleinpeter responded.

The heated exchange prompted the committee to recess brieflyand reconvene

U.S.Rep.TroyCarter, DNew Orleans, attended the hearing and addressed the committee,askingthemto halt the specialsession.

“Adjourn. Go home. Let’s do something else.Let’s wait until we have atrueproblem to fix,” the congressman said.

“We’ve gottwo seats that reflect the demographics of our great state,” he said of Louisiana’scongressional map, which has two majority-Blackdistricts —one of whichhelped elect him. “I’d urge you not to do anything to tamperwith that.”

Senate Bill 1and Senate Bill 2ultimately passed the committeeonaparty-line vote Gov. Jeff Landry in an interview earlier in the day Thursday said delaying the spring primary election is “about being responsible and responsive” to any Supreme Court ruling that maycome downthis year.

Democratic oppositionto

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pected to strictly enforce policies against possession of firearms and marijuana on campus. Those caught will be detained and face possible arrest, the university said. Police are alsoexpected to keep aclosereye out for underage drinking, unmanageable crowdsand “excessively loud or explicit music.”

According to LSU Board

theplan is politically motivated, he said.

“They want to trap us in a4-2 map,” Landrysaid, referring to Louisiana’sfour majority-White andtwo-majority Black districts.“This is pure politics.”

Louisiana “should not be trapped in asituation” should aSupremeCourt rulingallow the Legislature to redraw itscongressional map,hesaid.

“If the SupremeCourtdoes give us adecision by theend of the year,wecould quickly go into session anddrawa 5-1 map if that’swhat theLegislature wishes to do.”

Louisiana Republicans plan to delay theApril 18 primary elections by onemonth and hold themonMay 16 instead. They would also delay by amonth subsequent municipal general elections and possible primary runoffs for ahandful of closed party primaryraces,toJune 27.

Next spring is when Louisiana is set to launch new, closed party primaries for several offices —including mostnotably U.S. Senate and U.S.House races—aswell as Louisiana Supreme Court, Public Service Commission and the Board of Elementary

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of Supervisors ChairScott Ballard, fansshouldalso expect more surveillance drones on gameday

The crackdown comes after Gov.Jeff Landry called forincreasedsecurityfollowingaparticularly chaotic homecoming game day on Oct. 11. During the game against SouthCarolina,a shooting on campus sent two people to thehospital, while

and SecondaryEducation. Previously,primaries for those races were held in the fall.

Theywere also jungle primaries, meaning all candidates competed against each otherregardless of party affiliation, and voters could cast ballotsfor anycandidate regardless of the party they registered with.

State lawmakers are trying to buy themselves alittle extra time while the U.S. Supreme Court mulls its decisioninwhatmanyexpect could be aconsequential casefor voting rights and redistricting.

The case, Louisianav.Callais,deals with Louisiana’s congressionalmap and its two majority-Black congressionaldistricts. Agroup of White voters challenged themap andasked thehigh court to deem oneofthe majority-Blackdistricts unconstitutional, saying that race should not be used as a factor during the redistricting process

another manwas arrested foraccidentallyshooting himself outside the stadium Police also broke up a large crowd of partiers blocking Highland Road near Chimes— likelythe catalyst for traffic restrictionsfor theremainder of the season. Another shooting occurred outsidethe LawCenterduringLSU’s previous home

gameagainst the University of Florida. During the initialannouncementofincreased security last week, interim LSU President Matt Lee said law enforcement had traced two recent shootings back to UnityField,a popular tailgating spot among Black fraternities. That field is now permanently closed for the remainder of theseason. Lee also said aspecific studentled organization was responsible for drawing large crowds to the area. He said it didn’thave permission to hold gameday events and is going through adisciplinary process. Lee declinedtoreveal the organization. In addition to the recent shootings, Lee said the measureswerearesponse to an “overall sense of disorder that we have to tamp down on.”

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Trumpbacks offplans forSan Francisco

BY TERRYCHEA and CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press

ALAMEDA, Calif. President

Donald Trump said Thursday thathe’sbacking off a planned surge of federal agentsinto San Francisco after speaking to the mayor, as protesters gathered outside aU.S. Coast Guard base where they were located.

Trump posted on social media that Mayor Daniel Lurie told him Wednesday night that the city was making progress in reducing crime. Trump said he agreed to let San Francisco keep trying on its own.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents began arriving Thursday at Coast Guard Island in Alameda, California, to support federal efforts to track down immigrants in the country illegally.Several hundred people, many singing hymns and carrying signs saying, “Protectour neighbors” and “No ICE or troops in the Bay,” referring to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, gathered at the base around dawn.

Police used at leastone flash-bang grenade to clear ahandful of demonstrators from the entrance as CBP vehicles drove onto the base. Organizers urged protesters to remain peaceful, as aline of Coast Guard officers in helmets watched from just outside the entrance.

Lurie said he received aphone call from Trump Wednesday night in which the president told him he was “calling off any plans for afederal deployment in San Francisco.” Lurie said in astatement that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem “reaffirmed that direction” Thursday morning. At an afternoon news conference, Lurie said he wel-

comesthe city’s“continued partnership” with theDrug Enforcement Agencyand other federal authorities to get illegal narcotics off thestreets andcontribute to San Francisco’s falling crime rates. “Buthaving themilitary and militarized immigration enforcement in our citywill hinderour recovery,” themayor said It was not clear if the president was cancelinga National Guarddeployment or callingoff immigration enforcementbyCBP agents. Luriesaidhecouldnot clarify and could only say what thepresidenthad said.

California Gov.Gavin Newsom’soffice saidonX: “Trump has finally,for once, listened to reason.”

TheSan Francisco Chronicle, citing ananonymous source with knowledge of the operation, reported Wednesday that more than 100 CBP and other federal agents would arrive this week. Lurie and Newsom, both Democrats, condemned the move, saying it was meant to provoke violent protests.

Trump has repeatedlysaid he plans to deploy National Guard troops to San Francisco toquell crime, but his administration hasn’toffered atimelinefor doingso. His assertions of out-of-control crimeinthe city of roughly 830,000 have baffled local and state leaders, whopointto statistics showingthatmany crimes are at record lows.

Trump hasdeployedthe Guard to Washington,D.C., and Memphis, Tennessee, to help fight what he says is rampantcrime. LosAngeles was the first city where Trump deployed the Guard, arguing it was necessary to protect federal buildings and agents asprotesters fought back against mass immigration arrests. He has also said they are neededinChicago andPortland, Oregon.Lawsuitsfrom Democratic officials have so far blocked troopsfrom goingout on city streets. CoastGuardIsland is an artificial island formedin 1913,and theCoast Guard first established abase there in 1926. The island is owned by thefederal government and is not open to the general public, so escortsorspecific government ID cards are required forvisitors. The CoastGuard is part of the Department of Homeland Security, which also houses ICE and CBP

Putindeploresnew sanctionsas‘unfriendly’

EU joinsU.S.in adding economic punishments

BY LORNE COOK Associated Press

BRUSSELS TheEuropean Union on Thursday heaped more economic sanctions on Russia, adding to U.S. President Donald Trump’snew punitive measures the previous day against the Russian oil industry.Russian President Vladimir Putin called Washington’smove an “unfriendly act” that could backfire by spiking global oil prices.

The Americanand European sanctions areintended as part of abroadened effort to choke off the revenue and supplies that fuel Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, compelling Putin to negotiate an end to the war

Speakingtoreporters in Moscow,Putin acknowledged that the “serious” U S. sanctions will have “certain consequences” for Russia, but maintainedthat they will not significantly impact its economy Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who has long campaigned for the internationalcommunityto punishRussia morecomprehensively forattacking his country,hailed the new restrictions.

“Wewaited for this. God bless, it will work. And this is veryimportant,” Zelenskyy said in Brussels, where EU countries attending asummit announced the latest round of Russia sanctions. Despite U.S.-led peace efforts in recent months,the war shows no sign of ending after nearly four years, and European leaders are increasingly concernedabout

the threat fromRussia. Ukrainian forces have struggled to stem slow but steady advances by Russia’s biggerarmy along aroughly 600-mile front line that snakes along eastern and southern Ukraine. Almost daily Russian long-range strikes have taken aimat Ukraine’spower gridbefore the bitter winter,while Ukrainianforces have targeted Russianoil refineries and manufacturingplants.

Energyrevenue is the linchpin of Russia’seconomy,allowing Putin to pour money into the armed forces without worseninginflation and avoiding acurrency collapse.

Putin said he warned Trump that anattemptto curb Russian oil exportswill destabilize global oil markets and backfireagainst theUnited States. “A sharp reduction in the amounts of our oil and oil products sent to globalmarkets will

lead to price increases,”he said, adding that consumers at U.S.gas stations will feel theimpact.

The sanctions don’ttake effect foralmosta month, until Nov.21, potentially giving Putin achancefor a change of heart.

Chris Weafer,CEO of the Macro-AdvisoryLtd.consultancy,said “that’s awindow where they hope Russia will moreseriously engage, and if it does, then those sanctionscould be suspended.”

“You can be sure that every oil buyer in Asia today is trying to find anything that floatsthat they can buy Russian oil beforethatsanction kicksin,”WeafertoldThe Associated Press from London. “Andtherefore, Russia will sellalot of oilinthe next 30 days, which probably will help the budgetfor afew months.”

He also noted that, unlike the European sanctions, the U.S. measures carry the

Lithuanian leader says Russian military violated itsairspace

By The Associated Press

VILNIUS,Lithuania Russianmilitary planes

briefly violated Lithuania’sairspace Thursday evening, the Lithuanian presidentsaid, condemning what he calledablatant breach of the territorial integrity of hisEuropean Union and NATO-member country Lithuania’sforeign ministry planned to summon Russian Embassy representatives in the Lithuanian capital of Vilniustoprotest the violation, President GitanasNauseda saidonthe social media platform X.

“This is ablatant breach of international law and territorial integrity of Lithuania,” Nauseda wrote on X. “Onceagain, it confirms the importance of strengthening European air defense readiness.”

There was no commentfromMoscow.

Baltic nations already have been on heightened alert over neighboring Russia’saggression on Ukraine. And in recent weeks, aseries of mysterious drone incidents and airspace violations by Russian war planes have fueled concerns that Russian President Vladimir Putin mightbetesting NATO’sdefensive reflexes.

Moscow denies probing NATO’sdefenses.

The Lithuanian armed forces said in a statement that about 6p.m.local time on Thursday,two Russian military aircraftflew into Lithuanian airspace for about 765yards. The SU-30 aircraftand IL-78 refueling air-

Lithuania’sPresident Gitanas Nauseda speaksThursdaywith the media as he arrivesfor an EU summit at the European Council building in Brussels.

craft flew away after roughly 18 seconds

The Lithuanian armed forces believe the military planes might have been conducting refueling exercises in the neighboring Russian exclave of Kaliningrad.

Earlier on Thursday, Nausedaattended a summitatthe European Council building in Brusselswhere EU leadersendorseda plantoensure that Europe can defend itself against an outside attack by theend of the decade. The plan is dubbed Readiness 2030.

ing them.China and India are major importers of Russian oil.

The effectiveness of economic sanctions in forcing Putin’shand is questionable, analysts say. Russia’seconomyhas proved resilient so far, althoughitisshowing signs of strain.

The new EU measures also target Russian oil and gas. They ban imports of Russian liquefied natural gas into the bloc, and add port bans on more than100 newships in the Russian shadow fleet of hundreds of aging tankers that are dodging sanctions. Thelatest sanctions bring the total number of such ships to be banned to 557.

threat of secondary penaltiesagainst anyone violat-

The measures also target transactionswithacryptocurrency increasingly used by Russia to circumvent sanctions; prohibit operations in the bloc using Russian payment cards and systems; restrict the provision

of artificialintelligenceservices and high-performance computing services to Russian entities; and widen an export ban to include electronic components, chemicals and metals used in military manufacturing. Anew system forlimiting the movement of Russian diplomats within the 27-nation EU will also be introduced. The U.S. sanctions came after Trumpsaid that his plan for aswift meeting with Putin in Budapest was on hold because he didn’t want it to be a“waste of time.” It wasthe latest twist in Trump’shot-and-coldefforts to end the war as Putin refuses to budge from his demands.

Putindeplored the U.S. sanctions as an “unfriendly act” that would damage relations with Washington and said thatMoscow wouldn’t yield to pressure.

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Trumppardons high-profile cryptocurrency figure

BY WILL WEISSERT and ALAN SUDERMAN Associated Press

WASHINGTON President Donald Trump has pardoned Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, who created the world’slargest cryptocurrency exchange and served prison time for failing to stop criminalsfrom using the platform to move money connected to child sex abuse, drug trafficking and terrorism.

The pardon caps a monthslong effort by Zhao, a billionaire commonly known as CZ in the crypto world and one of the biggest names in the industry.Heand Binance have been key supportersof some of the Trump family’s crypto enterprises.

“Deeply grateful for today’spardon and to President Trump for upholding America’scommitment to fairness, innovation, and

justice,” Zhaosaidonsocial mediaThursday Zhao’spardon is the last move by apresident who has flexed his executive power to bestowclemency on political allies, prominent public figuresand others convicted of crimes.

White House press secret ary Karoline Leavitt announcedthe pardon in a statement and later told reporters in abriefing that the White House counsel’soffice “thoroughly reviewed” therequest. She said the administration ofDemocratic President Joe Bidenpursued “anegregiousoversentencing” in thecase, was “very hostile to the cryptocurrency industry” and Trump “wants to correct this overreach.”

Thecrypto industry has alsolong complained it was subject toa“regulation by enforcement” ethos under theBiden administration Trump’spardon of Zhao fits into abroad pattern of the his taking ahands-off approach to an industry that spent heavily to help him win the election in 2024.

His administration has dropped several enforcementactions against crypto companies that beganduring Biden’sterm and disbandedthe crypto-related enforcement team at the Justice Department.

Former federal prosecutor Mark Binisaid Zhao wentto prison for what “sounds like aregulatory offense, or at worst its kissing cousin.”

“Sothis pardon, while it involves the biggest name in crypto,isnot very surprising,” saidBini, awhite-collar defense lawyer who handles crypto issues at Reed Smith.

Zhao was releasedfrom prisonlast year after receivinga four-month sentence for violatingthe BankSecrecy Act. He was the first personever sentenced to prison time for such violationsof that law, which requires U.S. financial institutions to knowwho their customers are, to monitor transactions andtofile reports of suspicious activity.Prosecutors saidnoone hadever violated theregulations to the extent Zhao did.

Thejudge in the casesaid he was troubled by Zhao’s decision to ignore U.S. bankingrequirementsthatwould have slowed thecompany’s explosive growth.

“Bettertoask for forgiveness than permission,” was what Zhao told his employees about the company’sapproach to U.S.law,prosecutors said. Binanceallowed morethan 1.5 million virtual currency trades, totaling

nearly $900 million, that violated U.S. sanctions, including ones involving Hamas’ alQassam Brigades, al-Qaida and Iran, prosecutors said.

“I failed here,” Zhao told the courtlastyearduring sentencing. “I deeply regret my failure, and Iamsorry.” Zhao hada remarkable path to becominga crypto billionaire. He grew up in ruralChina andhis family immigrated to Canada after the1989 Tiananmen Square massacre. He becameenamored with thetechindustry in college.Hefounded Binance in 2017.

In addition to taking procrypto enforcement and regulatory positions, the president andhis family have plungedheadfirst into making money in crypto.

Astablecoin launched by WorldLiberty Financial,a crypto project foundedby Trump and sons Donald Jr and Eric, received early sup-

port and credibility thanks to an investment fund in the United Arab Emirates using $2 billion worth of World Liberty’sstablecoin to purchase astake in Binance. Stablecoins are atype of cryptocurrency that are typically tied to the value of the U.S. dollar Aseparate World Liberty Finance token saw ahuge spike in price Thursday shortly afternews of the pardon was made public, with gains that faroutpaced anyothermajor cryptocurrency,according to data from CoinMarketCap. Zhao said earlier this year that hislawyers hadrequested apardon. It is not immediately clear what impact Trump’spardon of Zhao mayhave for operations at Binance and Binance.US, aseparate arm of the main exchange offering more limited trading options to U.S. residents.

BY RENATA BRITO and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press

JERUSALEM U.S. Vice President JD Vance on Thursday criticized asymbolic vote in Israel’sparliament the previous day about annexing the occupied West Bank, saying that it amountedto an “insult” and went against theTrumpadministration policies

Hard-liners in the Israeli parliament had narrowly passed apreliminary vote in support of annexing parts of the West Bank —anapparent attempt to embarrass Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu while Vance was still in the country

The bill, which required only asimple majority of lawmakers present in the house on Wednesday,passed with a25-24 vote. But it was unlikely to passmultiple rounds of voting to become law or win amajority in the 120-seat parliament. Netanyahu, who is opposed to it, also has tools to delay or defeat it. Before departing Israel, Vance also unveiled new details about U.S. plans for Gaza, saying he expectedreconstruction to begin soon in some “Hamas-free” areas of the territory.But he warned that rebuilding the territory after adevastatingwar, which began on Oct. 7, 2023, could take years.

“The hope is to rebuild Rafah over the next two to three years and theoretically you could have half amillion people live (there),” he said, referring to the Gaza Strip’ssouthernmost city.

That would account for about aquarter of theterritory’spopulation of roughly 2million, 90%ofwhom were displaced from their homes during the war.Out of every 10 buildings that stood in Gaza before the war,eight are either damaged or flattened. An estimatedcost

of rebuildingGazaisabout $53 billion, according to the World Bank, the U.N. and theEuropean Union

The Israeliparliament’s votehas stirred widespread condemnation,with more than adozen countries including Egypt, Qatarand Saudi Arabia —rebuking it in ajoint statement that called all Israeli settlements in the West Bank aviolation of international law

Netanyahu’soffice said in astatement thatthe “vote on annexation was adeliberate politicalprovocationbythe opposition to sow discord.”

Netanyahuisstruggling to stave off an early electionas cracks grow moreapparent betweenfactions in Israel’s right-wing parties,someof whom were upset over the ceasefire and thesecurity sacrificesitrequired of Israel.

Vancesaid that if the Knesset’svote was a“political stunt, then it is avery stupid political stunt.”

“I personally take some insult to it,” Vancesaid. “The policyofthe Trumpadministration is that theWest Bankwill notbeannexedby Israel.”

ThedeputyPalestinian ambassador to theUnited Nations, MajedBamya,told theU.N. SecurityCouncil on Thursday that Palestinians “appreciate the clear message” that the Trump administration has sentin opposition to annexation

While many members of Netanyahu’scoalition, including his Likud Party, support annexation, they have backed offthose calls since U.S. President Donald Trump said last monththat he opposessucha move

The Palestinians seek the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, captured by Israel in the1967 Mideast war,for a future independent state.Israeli annexation of the West Bank wouldall but bury

hopesfor atwo-state solution between Israeland the Palestinians —the outcomesupported by mostofthe world.

Analysts like Amichai Cohen, asenior fellow at the Israel Democracy Institute, say that a“de facto annexation of very large parts” of theWest Bankisalready underway,referring to the growing number of Israelis living in settlementsinthe Palestinian territory —even without any law supporting annexation.

Earlier thisweek, Vance announced theopeningofa civilian military coordinationcenter in southern Israel where around 200 U.S. troops areworking alongsidethe Israeli military and delegationsfrom other countries planning thestabilization and reconstruction of Gaza.

TheUnitedStates is seeking support from other allies, especially Gulf Arab nations, to create an international stabilizationforce to be deployedtoGaza and train aPalestinian force.

“We’dlike to seePalestinian police forces in Gaza that are not Hamasand that are going to do agood job, but those still have to be trained and equipped,” U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said before his trip to Israel.

Rubio met with Netanyahu on Thursday and, like other U.S.officialsthis week, struck atone of optimism aboutprogress thathas been madesince the ceasefire began, while noting thechallenges that lie ahead.

“No one is under any illusions. We’vealreadydone the impossible once and we intend to keep doing that,” he said.

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Two levee board members keep seats

Allegations raised against commissioners behind closed doors

BY ALEX LUBBEN Staff writer

Two members of a New Orleans flood protection agency’s board managed to avoid being ousted from their seats on Thursday after the board’s new leader raised allegations against them behind

Limit sought on Cantrell, Vappie contact

Two have pleaded not guilty, remain free on bail

BY JAMES FINN Staff writer

closed doors. South Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East Board President Peter Vicari, who Gov Jeff Landry tapped to lead the board in July, called a special meeting to vote on whether to recommend that the governor remove Deborah Settoon and Randall Noel from the

nine-seat board of commissioners that oversees the agency After a tense meeting, during which Noel and Settoon were excluded from a closed-door discussion where allegations against them were said to have been detailed, the board voted not to recommend their removal.

The recommendation to remove Settoon didn’t pass as the vote, which came in 3-3 with two abstentions, needed a majority. The recommendation to remove Noel was voted down 4-2 with two abstentions. Settoon and Noel, who were appointed by Gov John Bel Edwards, voted against their own attempted removals.

Agency spokesperson Stacey Gilmore said she did not know why

Noel and Settoon were excluded from the executive session to discuss their potential removal.

“Whenever they’re talking about an employee, they’re supposed to be in the room,” Settoon said. “(Noel) and I were not afforded the same privileges as a regular employee.”

Noel said he supported the

AN UPHILL BATTLE

Federal prosecutors have asked a judge to bar most contact between Mayor LaToya Cantrell and her former police bodyguard as they await criminal trial, arguing that without the additional conditions, the sitting mayor and her alleged paramour might continue “colluding” against the government.

Prosecut ors’ Oct. 15 filing does not detail any instances in which Cantrell and her former New Orleans Police Department bodyguard, Jeffrey Vappie, are accused of interacting since their Aug. 15 indictment on wire fraud, conspiracy and other corruption charges Both Cantrell and Vappie pleaded not guilty and remain free on bail.

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BY MARIE FAZIO Staff writer

A documentary film featuring key players behind New Orleans’ shift to a system of charter schools after Hurricane Katrina will premiere this week at the New Orleans Film Festival. The film, “Turnaround: The Reinvention of New Orleans’ Public Education System,” was directed by David Osborne, an author and consultant who has focused on public government and education reform. It covers similar ground to Osborne’s 2017 book “Reinventing America’s Schools: Creating a 21st Century Education System,” but Osborne said he hopes it will reach a broader audience.

“If you really want to affect the culture, you’ve got to get it on television screens,” he said. “And the New Orleans story is so dramatic and so important I thought would make a natural movie.” Two New Orleans-based

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BY JOSIE ABUGOV Staff writer

Dave Williams has been to hundreds of seafood restaurants across the South over the past year, and he isn’t hunting for the best shrimp po-boy or crawfish étouffée.

From Texas to North Carolina and at more than 200 restaurants and three festivals in Louisiana — the commercial fisheries scientist and his team have collected minuscule shrimp samples for a rapid genetic test. The goal is to determine whether the restaurant is serving local shrimp or foreign imports. It’s all part of Williams’ mission to help revitalize the Gulf of Mexico’s ailing coastal industry Williams, who does this work through his company SeaD Consulting, presented his findings to Louisiana shrimpers and seafood enthusiasts at the Louisiana Shrimp Festival and Shrimp Aid at

the Broadside in Mid-City earlier this month. Attendees sampled dishes like shrimp birria tacos and tempurafried shrimp, while listening to live music and even watching a puppet show They also heard from Louisiana shrimpers, oystermen

and people like Williams trying to preserve the livelihood. After a year of sampling restaurants across eight Southern states, Williams told the gathering that scores of restaurants in the region were falsely advertising their shrimp.

“This is just the start, because we need to bring new life into our industry,” Williams said. “I’m a little bit of an evangelist.”

For years, shrimpers have struggled to compete against cheap foreign imports and an ongoing pattern of mislabeling. According to the Food and Drug Administration, 95% of the seafood consumed in the U.S. is imported from other countries.

“This has been a massive uphill battle,” Kindra Arnesen, a shrimper in Venice, said on a panel at the New Orleans festival.

Louisiana’s coastal industry has suffered from price declines as the amount of imported shrimp has grown. Shrimp dockside value in the state has dropped from around $4.50 per pound in the 1980s to around $1.50 per pound in 2022, when adjusted for inflation, according to

Dave Williams, of SeaD Consulting, makes a presentation on distinguishing local shrimp from imports during the festival

Cantrell

Vappie

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Jackie Baham has a close-up look at the live shrimp display on Oct. 18 during the Louisiana Shrimp Festival and Shrimp Aid at the Broadside in New Orleans.

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Shooting in Algiers deemed murder-suicide, police say

BY MARCO CARTOLANO and MISSY WILKINSON Staff writers

A day after a 16-year-old Walter L. Cohen High School student was shot dead while walking to a school bus, New Orleans police confirmed the teen was killed by a 20-yearold man who then turned the gun on himself. The New Orleans Police Department confirmed Thursday that the shooting in the 1800 block of Jo Ann Place in the Behrman neighborhood is being investigated as a murder-suicide the fifth the department has investigated in the past month. Neither the girl nor the alleged shooter had been identified by the Orleans Parish Coroner’s Office as of Thursday morning.

Police were called to the scene about 7:49 a.m. Wednesday, where they

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Louisiana Fisheries Forward, a collaboration between the state Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and LSU. In 2000, there were around 6,900 commercial shrimpers in Louisiana. Last year there were fewer than 1,400. Williams’ genetic testing is backing up what many shrimpers have been saying for years restaurants were falsely advertising imported shrimp as local shrimp and sometimes charging more for them.

For Williams, 65, the work is personal. The scientist, originally from a peninsula in southwest England and now based outside Houston, has been in the seafood industry since he joined boat crews at 14. Losing money can make the already dangerous profession even more risky, he said As people struggle to make ends meet, they often let go of their deckhands and might enlist family members for assistance out on the water

“We also lost a lot of good friends,” he said while choking up.

Support from the state

Over the past year SeaD surveyed two dozen restaurants in seven Louisiana cities from Shreveport to Houma. They found that areas closer to the coast are

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agency’s mission of preventing another disaster of the scale of Hurricane Katrina. Neither Vicari nor the agency’s staff attorney Kirk Ordoyne, responded to questions about why they were excluded.

A year of turmoil

The effort to remove Settoon and Noel follows a year of turmoil on the board. Four board members resigned in March over changes Landry and his unofficial adviser Shane Guidry have pursued at the agency

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In recent months, “evidence of their individual and collective obstructive efforts has grown in scope and scale,” wrote Jordan Ginsberg, an assistant U.S. attorney for the New Orleans-based Eastern District of Louisiana, in the filing.

“Restricting future unsupervised communications is significant to prevent the co-defendants from colluding further,” Ginsberg wrote, “and continuing their attempts to undermine the judicial process.” The 44-page August indictment accused Vappie and Cantrell of improperly

found the girl and man lying in the street near Jo Ann Place and Copernicus Street

A neighbor who witnessed the shooting said she had noticed the man standing near the corner of Americus Street and Jo Ann as she was getting her kids ready for school.

The neighbor said the girl was headed for the bus stop when the man pulled a gun from his book bag and shot her before fatally shooting himself.

Cohen High School officials confirmed the girl was an honor roll student slated to graduate in 2027.

Five murder-suicides

The killing on Jo Ann Place is one of five murder-suicides to rattle New Orleans within the past month — an “astounding” number according to Rae Taylor, chair of Loyola University’s Department of

more likely to serve authentic shrimp In New Orleans, only 13% of surveyed restaurants mislabeled their seafood In Shreveport 58% of restaurants were falsely promoting local shrimp Compared to other states, Louisiana came out on top as having the highest rates of real Gulf shrimp, Williams said. Around 65% of surveyed samples across the state turned up domestic shrimp

The Louisiana Shrimp Task Force, which reports to the state wildlife agency hired the company to conduct the testing. SeaD releases its findings to the wildlife agency, and enforcement authorities in the Louisiana Department of Health can view the data

The food tech company has received around $140,000 from the state over the past year, Williams said. SeaD’s work coincides with a law that recently took effect aiming to address the mislabeling problem As of Jan. 1, Louisiana restaurants are required to clearly state the country of origin of the shrimp and crawfish that they’re selling. Restaurants in violation could face thousands of dollars in fines.

But Williams and others in the shrimping industry said enforcement in Louisiana at the restaurant level is “abysmal.”

The Health Department, which is responsible for ensuring compliance, did not respond to requests for comment. The Agriculture

Bernard parishes from hurricane storm surge flooding. Settoon joined the board in 2023, and Noel joined in 2019. They are the only members of the board Landry has not appointed Lawmakers questioned why the agency was attempting to oust the two board members. State Sen Kirk Talbot, R-River Ridge, said Vicari told him Wednesday that the vote would be postponed. State Rep. Stephanie Hilferty, R-New Orleans, said she would have attended Thursday’s meeting had she known the vote would proceed.

Because the meeting took place behind closed doors, the allegations against Noel and Settoon have not been released publicly Guidry has repeatedly made allegations of miscon-

spending about $70,000 in taxpayer dollars on a series of romantic vacations, then lying, deleting evidence and making false statements to a grand jury to cover up the alleged conspiracy

Communication between co-defendants in federal criminal cases without attorneys present is generally viewed by defense attorneys as a liability to building strong defenses. But it is unusual for prosecutors to request such a restriction, said Walter Becker, a veteran white-collar defense attorney and former federal prosecutor Becker said he had not heard of prosecutors making such a request in his multidecade legal career. The request seems to re-

Criminology and Justice and an expert in domestic violence.

The spate of bloodshed started the morning of Sept. 25,whentwolongtimefriends got into an argument outside a junkyard in the 9600 block of Old Gentilly Road, the NOPDsaid.OscarHernandez Garcia, 40, died on the scene, and the other man, whose name has not been released, died in a hospital.

“The argument turned fatal, and the shooter turned the gun on himself,” Assistant Superintendent Nicholas Gernon said at an Oct. 1 news briefing.

Five days later, in an incident that crossed parish lines, Raymond Wells, 21, carjacked and fatally shot Brennan’s chef Carl Morgan as Morgan waited to pick his son up from a Mid-City day care Within an hour, Wells pulled over to an Interstate

Department, meanwhile, is responsible for ensuring that the seafood from distributors and grocery stores is safe for consumption, said Mike Strain, agriculture commissioner

The agency is also responsible for verifying that imported seafood is properly labeled Strain said the department has so far inspected 684 packages for mislabeling issues, found 23 instances of noncompliance and issued 18 stop orders. Despite Williams’ concerns about enforcement, labeling laws appear to help. According to SeaD’s findings, states with these statutes, including Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi, are less likely to turn up mislabeled restaurant shrimp. States without these laws, like Florida, fared far worse. The company’s genetic testing found that 96% of restaurants in the Tampa-St. Petersburg, Florida, area were serving imported shrimp while implying their food was local.

The testing

When Williams and the SeaD team visit a restaurant to collect a shrimp sample, they only need a crumb of the crustacean for their patented RightTest device.

After boiling the speck of shrimp to separate its RNA from DNA, the scientists can determine whether the sample corresponds to a species of shrimp known as vannamei that is commonly

duct by the board, and has said that Attorney General Liz Murrill’s office has an open investigation into the agency

“This is really about, finally, under our governor, that levee board being a clean, well-respected, well-run levee board,” Guidry said in an interview on Thursday “It’s been a cesspool, constantly.”

Guidry also suggested that there were legislators who were putting pressure on Murrill to keep her from releasing the findings of an investigation.

Murrill said her investigation does not involve criminal allegations, and that she had not yet been briefed on its findings.

“I have not been pressured by anyone to do or not do anything,” Murrill said. “At the appropriate time — after

flect prosecutors’ concern that the alleged conspiracy outlined in the indictment could continue ahead of the co-defendants’ trial, Becker added.

“They must have some evidence, or thought, that (the defendants) are going to do something to obstruct justice or commit another crime,” Becker said. “They have allegedly lied to the grand jury and obstructed justice. Is there something else they may do?”

Attorneys for Vappie and Cantrell did not immediately respond to phone calls

Thursday

Prosecutors in the Justice Department’s New Orleans outpost secured charges against Cantrell in August in the form of a superseding

10 shoulder and shot himself in the head in the vehicle he’d stolen.

On the morning of Oct 4, New Orleans police found a 26-year-old woman and a 25-year-old man suffering from gunshot wounds in a grassy area inside the gated Georgetown Apartments complex. Both were pronounced dead on the scene. Detectives determined the man killed the woman, Tajuion Hall, then killed himself. The coroner did not release the man’s name.

And on Oct. 8, New Orleans police responded to a murder-suicide at an apartment in the 14700 block of Chef Menteur Highway Brenda Maricela Bueso Molina, 38, and a man were pronounced dead at the scene at the Chateau d’Orleans apartment complex. Children had been present during the shooting, the NOPD said.

farmed in Asia and South America but does not exist in the Gulf.

After testing dozens of restaurants in a city the company publicizes the ones that do the “right thing,” Williams said.

Still, some restaurants are scared of what the company is doing, said Erik Nunley after a panel at the festival featuring shrimpers and policy advocates. As a chef and educator at Chefs Brigade, an initiative to connect the regional seafood and restaurant industries, Nunley said he works with shrimpers through the nonprofit but also recognizes the pressure that restaurants feel to acquire the cheapest products at the highest quality

“I’m on both sides,” Nunley said.

Restaurants may need to start bracing for more genetic testing. Williams wants to start verifying whether restaurants around the country are mislabeling oysters Based on conversations with oystermen, Williams hypothesizes that fried oysters in more inland places are mislabeling their products.

“How many people outside I-10 are selling Louisiana oysters?” Williams asked members of the state’s oyster task force in October “You don’t know the answer to that.”

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I have reviewed any information we obtained I will submit a report. The board can take whatever action it deems appropriate.”

Regional director hired Board members also voted to approve a raise for Ordoyne, and to hire Jeff Williams as the agency’s regional director, the top staff position at the agency Williams had been serving as interim regional director since July, and his hiring ends a nearly yearlong period in which the agency has had no permanent director

The board has oversight of Ordoyne’s salary, and is supposed to approve any changes to his compensation. Ordoyne’s $28,000 raise, bringing his salary to $205,000 per year, was approved on July 7 under then-board President

indictment in their ongoing prosecution of Vappie The former police officer was first charged in July 2024 with wire fraud and lying to an FBI agents as part of the same scheme. At the time, a judge approved prosecutors’ request to bar Vappie from communicating with some 30 witnesses in his case. But the judge approved modification of that order to allow Vappie to communicate with Cantrell, following a hearing where Vappie’s lawyer argued that the mayor was “important to” him and would be by his side during “the greatest ordeal of his life.”

Cantrell, though, was barred at her arraignment from contacting Vappie without lawyers present, among

Four of the 20 murder victims between Sept 22 and Oct. 22 were killed in murder-suicides, according to the NOPD. Taylor said although New Orleans has recently experienced a historic drop in violent crime, domestic violence trends don’t necessarily follow suit.

“Domestic violence that is its own phenomenon,” she said. “That does not follow the same trends and patterns that violence across the board does.”

Getting help

The NOPD urges people with loved ones undergoing a mental health crisis to call the Health Department’s Mobile Crisis Intervention Unit by dialing 911, or call the Coroner’s Office at (504) 658-9660 to speak to a doctor to get an order of protective custody Social workers are embedded at all eight NOPD

district stations to help people navigate health insurance and social safety net systems, including victims’ reparations and grief and trauma counseling.

“Call your district station and say, ‘Can I talk to a social worker?’” Gernon said in an interview earlier this month.

“You’re not alone. There are resources in this city You just have to take that first step.” He also urged people to securely store their firearms and ensure they’re inaccessible to anyone who is suicidal.

“Every one of these families had they thought this might happen — would have done everything they could have to get their loved one treatment and help,” Gernon said. “And it’s my hope that other families that are seeing similar mental illness in their family members lock up and take all the guns away from that person.”

Official: DNA links man to multiple sex assaults

More survivors, witnesses sought

BY MISSY WILKINSON Staff writer

An alleged serial rapist and child molester’s DNA linked him to sex crimes spanning decades, authorities said in New Orleans on Thursday as they asked victims and witnesses to come forward.

“Your voice matters. Your information can help bring closure and longoverdue justice, not only for yourself, but for many others,” Orleans Parish District Attorney Jason Williams said at a news briefing.

Lucien Jacob, 57, has been jailed in Jefferson Parish since June and is charged there with indecent behavior with a juvenile, along with four other men accused of lewd communications with a juvenile, according to court records.

Williams did not offer details about that arrest but said Jacob’s DNA linked him to multiple sexual assaults dating back decades through the FBI’s Combined DNA Index System, or CODIS.

“We now have credible belief that additional survivors and witnesses may

Roy Carubba, whom Landry appointed last year before replacing him as board president with Vicari in late July Ordoyne had been receiving the higher salary since then without board approval.

Guidry, meanwhile, has supported the recent changes implemented at the agency, including the expansion of its police budget. The agency maintains a 50-officer police force that is primarily tasked with protecting levees, pumps and flood walls, and also provides general policing services to neighborhoods along the shores of Lake Pontchartrain.

In the interview, he said residents are going to be glad for the increased funding and police training when the city needs to respond to incidents like mass shootings, which he blamed on “crazy

other witnesses on the case.

The differences in the two bond conditions creates an “illogical and untenable situation,” Ginsberg wrote in the filing.

“In the current posture, Cantrell would violate her bond conditions if she and Vappie had unsupervised contact,” he wrote, “but Vappie would only be abetting his co-defendant’s bond conditions, not his own.”

The disparity could allow one defendant to “leverage the incongruous release conditions for their own benefit,” he added.

Magistrate Judge Donna Phillips Currault set a hearing on the request for Oct. 31.

The co-defendants are scheduled to go to trial on Oct. 19, 2026, nine months

still be out there,” Williams said. “We talk about a predator we talk about somebody who has preyed upon an individual sexually — those crimes tend to repeat.”

Standing with representatives from his office, the Kenner Police Department and the New Orleans Police Department, Williams declined to say how many “hits” the system generated from Jacob’s DNA. He said a collaboration among law enforcement agencies is needed to bring justice to cold cases. “Predators don’t pay much attention to parish boundaries,” Williams said. “They drift in and out at different parishes, hurting people.”

Jacob’s past addresses included LaPlace, Metairie and New Orleans, according to a public records search. In July, he pleaded not guilty in Jefferson Parish to indecent behavior with a juvenile.

Jacob’s attorney could not be reached for comment Thursday Survivors and witnesses may contact the NOPD’s Sex Crimes unit at (504) 658-5523 or call 911 to report Jacob. Staff writer Michelle Hunter contributed to this report.

liberals,” using an expletive.

“They’re gonna save lives and everybody’s gonna be happy,” he said. “But until then they’re going to whine about it.”

The agency plans to spend $3.7 million more on its police this year, raising the total budget from $8 million to nearly $12 million.

Some lawmakers and watchdog groups have criticized the spending, arguing that increasing spending on police is a distraction from the agency’s primary mission of preventing floods. At a meeting last week, nearby residents praised the budget increase, calling it necessary to provide the police with additional training.

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after Cantrell is set to leave office.

James Finn covers politics for The Times-Picayune | Nola.com. Email him at jfinn@theadvocate.com.

AbitaSprings man accusedofmurder

Four-year-old sister dies from injuries

BY BOBWARREN Staff writer

An Abita Springs manis accused of first-degreemurder in the death of his 4-yearold sister,authorities said. Davahn Alec Profitwas initially booked Wednesday night with attempted murder and resisting arrest after the girl was taken to ahospital, according to the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office. But amurder warrant was issued Thursday after thehospital notifieddetectives that the child had died.

The Sheriff’s Office said deputies went to ahome in the 21000 block of Gardenia Street on Wednesday for a call about an unresponsive child. Detectives determined that the girl’sserious

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filmmakers, Darcy McKinnon andAbe Felix, producedthe film. McKinnon, who recently produced the award-winning film “Natchez,” worked as ateacher at FirstLine Schools before and after Katrina.

The documentary portrays New Orleans’ school system before the storm as broke, corrupt and academically poor-performing and chronicles the events that led to the state’stakeover of most of the city’sschools and eventual shift to an allcharter school system. Today, all but oneofthe city’s public schools is acharter school independently run by anonprofit board.

The film features Leslie Jacobs, aformer member of the state Board of Secondaryand Elementary Education and education advocate;Jay Altman, founder of FirstLine Schools; former Orleans Parish School Board Superintendent Henderson Lewis; and longtime school district official Ken Ducote, among others. While touching on some of the controversies surrounding the sweeping reforms, it largely praises the current system where schools get greater autonomy overaspects of day-to-day operationslike curriculum and hiring but risk closure if they do not meet academic standards.

injuries had been caused by Profit,according to the Sheriff’s Office.

The St. Tammany Parish Coroner’sOffice identified the girl as Janna Haynes. The mannerofdeathis homicide, butthe cause of death remains pending, the Coroner’sOffice saidlate Thursday.Coroner Christopher Tape said he wanted more time to evaluate autopsy findings

“The injuries this child sustained arenot consistent withany sort of accident,” Tape said in anews release.

The Sheriff’s Officesaid it would not provide any additional information about the case, whichisstill being investigated.

“A 4-year-old little girl, innocent and full oflife, shouldhave been safe in her ownhomeand surrounded by love,” St. Tammany Sheriff Randy Smith said in astatement. “Instead,her lifewas taken in amoment of unimaginableviolence.”

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touched A Celebration of Life will be held forKellen onSaturday, October25, 2025, at 1:00 p.m. at Greater MacedoniaBaptist ChurchinPortSulphur, Louisiana,withRev.Man‐drelR.Pansy Sr.officiating. Funeralserviceshavebeen entrusted to Robinson FamilyFuneralHome, 9611 Highway 23,Belle Chasse, Louisiana.(504)208-2119. For online condolences pleasevisit www.robinso nfamilyfuneralh

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Localschools featured Osborne is no stranger to NewOrleans. In 2010, then-MayorMitch Landrieu hiredhim as aconsultant when he took office and Osborne recommendeda slew of policy overhauls to remedy what he in 2010 called the “least competent city government I’d ever seen in this country and the most corrupt.”

At the Bureau of Governmental Research’sannual luncheon last year, Osborne said the Orleans Parish SchoolBoard’s decision to open theLeah ChaseSchool, the first permanent districtrun school in nearly two decades and the only noncharter public school in the city,was “a mistake.”

The documentary features several current schools, including The NET, an alternative school network;RootedSchool,whose missionrevolves around setting kids up for financial success; and George Washington Carver High School, alegacy school runbyCollegiate Academies.

It touchesonthe controversy of the reform movement, including themass firing of public school teachers after Katrina and contentious protests as reforms were being implemented. A hearing about thefuture of the Living School which the SchoolBoard votedtoclose in 2023 isprominently featured.

Thedocumentary premieres in person at the New OrleansFilm Festival at 7:45 p.m. Monday.Itis availableonline through the festival. It will be available through Kinema,anonline streaming platform, in midNovember

“The conversion of most New Orleans public schools to charter schools produced the best and fastest improvement in the country,” Osborne said in arecent interview,“and it is the way we ought to organize public school systems.” Despite improved graduation rates and state test scores over the past 20 years, some community members remain vocal critics of the system. Some have said the overhaul was done withlittle public input Others have said the removal of neighborhood schools with attendance zones has led to issues with transportation as studentscross the city for school.

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Kellen MichealBienemy, age 27,entered into eternal restonOctober 14,2025. Hewas born on October1 1998, to Georgan(Keith) Es‐padronand Javara (Mon‐ica)Bienemy.Kellenac‐ceptedChristashis Lord and Savior andwas bap‐tized at Community Church inCovington,Louisiana under theleadershipofDr. A.NathanYoung.During his time at Community Church,Kellenserved faithfullyonthe parking team, in theyouth min‐istry,and assisted with the baptismal ministry.He never missed an opportu‐nitytostepupand help whereverthere wasa need. Aproud Florida Gator fan, Kellen loveden‐gaginginspiriteddebates withhis stepfather and siblingsabout histeam. His love forsportswas un‐matched,and he spent countless hoursenjoying games of allkinds.Hehad a specialpassion forsup‐porting hisyounger brother Ronald in hislove for football andcould often befound proudlyvolun‐teering with theteamasa memberofthe chaingang. Known forhis infectious smile andjoyfulspirit, Kellenbrought warmth and laughtertoevery spacehe entered.Hewas loving, kindhearted,and deeply caringtowardeveryone around him. Kellen made friends everywhere he wentand hada remark‐ableabilitytoconnect with peoplefromall walksof life. Kellen leaves to cher‐ish hismemoryhis loving parents,Georgan (Keith) Espadronand Javara (Mon‐ica)Bienemy;his siblings DavionPhillips, Ronald En‐caladeJr.,Jabariand Najae Bienemy,Leriyah andLaila Ard;and hisgrandparents Georgiana Sylve, KeithEs‐padronSr.,Rudolph and Diane Bienemy, andCar‐olynCyprian.Heisalso survivedbyhis auntsand unclesGeorgette (Jarvis) Mackey, TiffanyPhillips, Dalon Bienemy, Norman Cyprian,and Jonathan Cyprian,along with ahost ofextendedfamilyand friends.Kellenshareda special bond with Ireiel Robertand wasthe proud Godfather of Taylee Hart who wasthe appleofhis eye andjoy of hisheart.He alsodeeplycherished his bestfriends—who were morelikebrothers—Dorron Sylve,HiltonSylve,Trey Ockman, Kejaun Turner and Sage Johnson. He was precededindeath by his grandfather's Milton James Sylve andNormanCyprian Sr.,and hissisterOriana Big-O” Duplessis. Kellen’s lifewillbecelebratedby all who were blessedto knowhim.His light, laugh‐ter,and love will continue toshine brightly in the heartsofthose he touched. ACelebration of if ill b h ld f ll

and 17 grandchildren; two brothers,WillisBishop, Jr and HenryJackson five sisters,Deborah Bishop, PamelaBishop, Valerie Bishop, Betty Worthy (Jer‐maine), Betty Jackson (Richard) ,and ahostof nieces, nephews, relatives and friends. He waspre‐ceded in deathbyhis par‐ents, Willis Bishop,Sr. and Justine JacksonBishop; his maternalgrandmother Willie LeeJackson-Miller, and maternal grandpar‐entsEverette andEmma McClearyJackson.Rela‐tives andfriends of the familyare invitedtoattend the Visitation on Friday October 24,2025at GertrudeGeddesWillis-Ter‐rebonne FuneralHome, 617 BondStreet,Houma,LA 70360 from 11:00a.m.until 1:00p.m.Followedbythe Celebration of Life Service onSaturday, October25, 2025atGuiding LightMis‐sionary BaptistChurch, 2012WashingtonAvenue, New Orleans, LA 70113 at 10:00 a.m. Visitation from 8:30a.m.until 10:00a.m Private Burial.You may signthe guestbookon www.gertrudegeddeswilli s.com. Gertrude Geddes Willis FuneralHome, Incin charge(504) 522-2525.

GregoryBishop, Sr., age 60was born on April17, 1965, aman whose pres‐encewas as warm and invitingasNew Orleans, madehis heavenly transi‐tiononThursday, October 9,2025. Gregory’searly years were steeped in the richculture andspirited community of NewOrleans east. He graduatedfrom MarionAbramsonHigh SchoolinNew Orleans east. He became amember ofBeautiful Zion Baptist ChurchinHouma,LA where he wasactiveinthe Pastor’sSupport andthe Couple’sMinistrywhere his faith became thecor‐nerstoneofhis life.Gre‐gory’szestfor life was matched by hislovefor musclecars, with apartic‐ularfondnessfor Cadillacs. Gregory Bishop,Sr. leaves tocherish hismemory, his lifepartner,SandraWilson; two sons,Gregory Robin‐son,and GregoryBishop, Jr.;three daughters, Shan‐drica Myers, Shamyra Robinson, andGloria Robinson; twostepchildren Chris andBrittanySims, and17grandchildren;two b th Willi Bi h J

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Blackburn, Barbara AnnFernandez

Barbara Ann Fernandez Blackbumpassed away peacefully on October15, 2025 at the age of 77. Mrs. Blackburn is survivedby heronlyson Emile(Lynn) BlackbumIII.Siblings Oscar Fernandez Jr,David Fernandez Sr,Arthur Fernandez Sr,and Bryan Fernandez; Dorothy

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Brenda Ann Chatelain

Funeral services celebrating the life of Mrs. Brenda Ann Chatelainwill be held on Friday, October 24th,2025 at 10:00 a.m. in the Chapel of Hixson Brothers Funeral Homes with Father Blake Deshautelle officiating. Interment will follow at St. Paul the Apostle Church Cemetery. Services are entrusted to Hixson Brothers Funeral Home.

Mrs. Chatelain, age 76, of Mansura, passed away on Friday, October 17th,2025 at St. Francis Cabrini Hospital in Alexandria, Louisiana. She is preceded in death by her husbands, Wayne Dupuy and Eddie Andry; and parents, Charles and Lucille Guillory Chatelain; brothers, Michael Chatelainand Jimmy Chatelain; sisters, Deanne Beach and Karen Chatelain.

Those lefttocherish her memory include her sons, Nicholas Kidder of Grenda Mississippi and Alexander Kidder of New Orleans, Louisiana; daughter, Heidi Kidder -Veron, New Orleans, Louisiana; brothers, Jerome Chatelainof Hessmer and Daniel Chatelain of New Orleans, one sister, Shiree Laborde of Mansura; and five grandchildren, Ally Broussard, Collin Veron, Dallton Veron, Colton Kidder and Declan Kidder.

Visitation willbeheld on Thursday, October 23rd,2025 from 5:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. and willresume on Friday, October 24th,2025 at 8:00 a.m. until time of services in the Chapel of Hixson Brothers Funeral Home, Marksville.

To extend online condolences to the Chatelain family, please visit us online at www.hixsonbrothers.com

ColemanIII, Monday Lee

ANew Orleansnative, MondayLee Coleman, III, unexpectedlywentonto Glory on Wednesday, Octo‐ber 15, 2025, at theage of 32. Affectionately knownto familyand friendsasBug, hewillforever be remem‐bered forhis hugeheart, radiant smile,and theway hecould lightupany room justbywalking into it.Bug was baptizedatFranklin Avenue BaptistChurchat anearly ageand laterat‐tendedGreater Mt.Carmel Baptist Church alongside his grandmother, Genevive P.Coleman,whose love and faithhelpedshape his own. TheirSundays to‐getherwere filledwith warmth, laughter,and prayer— memories that remaina cherishedpartof his story. He attended Sarah T. Reed High School where hisoutgoing per‐sonalitymadehim unfor‐gettable. Buglater went on toworkfor FedEx, where his hard work andspirit lefta lastingimpressionon his coworkerswho loved him dearly.Helived life withstyle andsoul. Bug loved to travel (withLas Vegas beingone of hisfa‐voritegetaways) andhad a truepassion forshopping, music,and fashion.Always the best-dressed in the room,hebelievedinstay‐ing flyfromheadtotoe But aboveall else,Bug adoredhis oneand only niece,Talia (Tay-Tay),who brought himendless joy and filledhis heartwith pride. He likewise had

pride He likewise had greataffection forTalia’s sister, Terryell Brown, whomheloved andtreated ashis ownniece.Family was everything to Bug. He loved beingsurrounded by his people,laughingloud, talking smack, playing Pitty Pat, andturning any gathering into agoodtime. Nomatterhow bigthe crowd,Bug always brought the energy andthatbig beautiful smilethatwould light up thewhole room Mondayissurvivedbyhis lovingfather, Monday Lee Coleman,Jr.,and hisstep‐mother, ShenekaColeman His devotedsisterand best friend, MonitraColeman, his sister,Sanaa Cum‐mings,his brother, Moni Coleman,and hisstep‐brothers, Quincy Cum‐mings andQuintin Cum‐mings,alsoholdhis mem‐ory closetotheir hearts Mondayislovinglyremem‐bered by hispaternal grandparents, Monday Lee Coleman,Sr.,and Genevive P.Coleman.Heisfondlyre‐memberedbyhis beloved aunts—Rachel Washington JeanetteWashington, Terry Coleman-Pete, andMonica Coleman-Lestrick—as well ashis uncles,Alvin Wash‐ingtonand AnthonyWash‐ington—allofwhomtrea‐sured Bugdeeplyand will forever carryhis lightin their hearts.Hewas pre‐ceded in deathbyhis beloved mother,Geraldine Washington-Coleman, and his maternal grandmother, Geraldine “Madea”Wash‐ington, who we know are waiting with open arms to welcome theirson and grandsonhome. Bugwill bedeeplymissedbyhis family, friends, co-workers and everyone blessed enoughtoknowhim.His laughter, love,and unfor‐gettableenergywillliveon inevery memory,every smile,and everybeatthat still playsinthe hearts of those who love himmost. Wewillalwaysloveyou Bug.Restineternal peace, wrappedinGod’s loving arms. Family andfriends are invitedtoattend the Celebration of Life Service onSaturday, October25, 2025, for10:00 a.m. at Greater Mount Carmel Bap‐tistChurch, 3721 NClai‐borne Ave, New Orleans, LA70117.Visitationwill begin at 9:00 a.m. Reverend JonathanSmith,officiating. Intermentwillfollowat Mount Olivet Cemetery

Crosby Jr., Louis

LouisCrosbyJr.,affec‐tionately knownasJunior, was born in NewOrleans, Louisiana on May21, 1938 tothe union of thelate Louis Crosby Sr.and Orelia Cassimere Crosby.For 48 years,hewas thedevoted husband of Jeanette B. Crosby. Louiswas blessed withthree daughters Raquell C. Ross (Wallace), ToyaM.Crosby, and Javonna C. Mercadel (Nick). Louisgraduated fromJosephS.Clark High Schoolin1956and laterat‐tendedDelgado Commu‐nityCollege,where he studied HVAC andRefriger‐ation.InOctober of 1961, heproudly answered the calltoserve hiscountry by joining theUnitedStates Army, where he wasa memberofthe 1stPlatoon, BlueDevils, 3rdTraining Battalion.After completing his tour of duty,hebecame a transitoperatorfor NOPSI/RegionalTransit Au‐thority forover25years Heworkeddiligently throughout hislife, includ‐ing time spentatBud’s Florist,where hiscreativity and eyefor detail were un‐deniablequalities that also reflectedhis deep love for photography andthe game of chess. Louiswas bap‐tized at ayoung ageat BranchBellBaptist Church under theleadershipof Rev.R.K.WatsonJr. His faith remained thecorner‐stone of hislife. Over the years,heservedfaithfully atBranchBellasa choir member, Deacon,Sunday School, andVacationBible Schoolteacher.After Hurri‐caneKatrina,Louis relo‐cated to Geismar, LA with his wife Jeanette,and madethe city theirhome for thelast20years.They joinedFirst PilgrimCalvary MissionaryBaptist Church where he served as aDea‐con,VacationBible School teacher,leaderinthe Chil‐dren’sministryand taught Men’s Fellowship.Louis en‐joyed sharingwisdom, pa‐tience, andhis love for God’s word.On Sunday, October 12,2025, at theage of87, Louistransitionedto his eternalresting place. Louiswas preceded in

Louis was preceded in deathbyhis parents, Louis CrosbySr. andOreliaCas‐simereCrosby; threesis‐ters, ShirleyCrosby, Rose MaryKitchen,and Orelia (DeeDee)Armstrong;and one granddaughter, Lana Shea. Louisleavestocher‐ish hismemory, his beloved wife,JeanetteB Crosby; hisdaughters Raquell C. Ross (Wallace), ToyaM.Crosby, and Javonna C. Mercadel (Nick); twobrothers, Allen James Crosby andAlvin J. Crosby(Adline); twosis‐ters, CarolynWilliamsand Betty Francis; twosistersin-love,LoisB.Williams and GwendolynBrown and one brother-in-loveBurnell Williams;fourgrandchil‐dren, Jha’da,Joshua,Tre’, and Zoë; twoGodchildren, DeniseArmstrong James and Courtney L. Francis; hostofnieces, nephews, cousins,relatives,and friends.Louis will be re‐memberedfor hisgentle spirit, quickwit,sharp mind, andunwavering de‐votiontohis faithand fam‐ily.His life wasa testament toquiet strength,compas‐sion, anda heartfor ser‐vice. He wasa mentor to manywhose liveshe touched —alwayswilling toshare hisknowledge or learn somethingnew Whetherhealready knew the answer,neededtograb a book,orhop on Google, Louis always found away Hewillbedeeplymissed, yet hisloveand legacy will liveoninall who knew him.Relatives andfriends are invitedtojoinusincel‐ebratingLouis’lifeatFirst Pilgrim CalvaryMissionary Baptist Church locatedat 11453 LA-73, Geismar, LA 70734 on Saturday,October 25, 2025. Dr.MarlonD.Hen‐derson, Sr.officiating. Visi‐tationisfrom10:00 a.m. until servicetimeat11:00 a.m.Interment andrepast are on site.Celebration servicesentrusted to D.W. RhodesFuneralHome, 3933 WashingtonAve.New Or‐leans,LA70125.Please visit www.rhodesfuneral. com to sign theguestbook

Daigle,Christian Patrick

ChristianPatrick Daigle passedawayathis home onOctober 6, secure in his loveofGod andsur‐rounded by extensivefam‐ily.Hewas 69 yearsold BorntoStanley andCarol DaigleonDecember29, 1955, he livedinthe New Orleans area forhis entire life. He attended St Matthew theApostle Catholic School andearned his high school diploma fromBonnabelHigh. He met hiswife, “Ginny,” at the young ageof14and wentontospend therest ofhis life with her. Chris had acareerincommuni‐cations andspent many years with CoxCommuni‐cations as asupervisor and team leader.Hewas alsothe operator/owner and partnerfor WD Incor‐porated andCommunica‐tions Continuum,respec‐tively. In hisyears as a TowerDog,”Chris was often afather figure,men‐tor,and theepitome of guy’s guyamongst the men who worked forhim Chris begansupportinga familyata very young age (employed by NAPA Auto Parts)and understood the importanceofarigorous workethic.Whateverhis familyneeded, he made certain that they hadit, and he encouraged and celebratedhis children’s success.Chris wasa lover ofthe outdoorsand camp‐ing,and he traveled with familyand friendstonu‐merousstate andnational parks.Hehad akeeninter‐est in history, particularly the CivilWar andWorld War II,and wouldhave liked to eventually spend his retirement yearsvolun‐teering at theNational World WarIIMuseum. Chris lovedtoresearchand documenthis ownfamily’s ancestry, apassion he pickedupfromhis father and passedalong to oneof his daughters. He enjoyed takingroadtrips with his wife, reading, fishing, checkingout theclassic carsatCruisin’the Coast, and watching theSaints and LSUTigerswin.Hewas alwaysgood companyfor a beer,and thecrawfish boils he putonwithhis son-in-lawwerelegendary Morethananything, as a proud husband,father, grandfather,son,brother and uncle,herelished spendingtimewithfamily. Bothatworkand in per‐sonal relationships, he was charismatic andperson‐able. As farasmen go anyone wouldbethor‐

anyone would be thor oughly blessedtohave simplyknown him. He will besorelymissedand mourned by many;may we aspiretobehalfofthe force of goodness,love, and friendship that he em‐bodiedevery dayofhis life. Christianissurvived byhis loving wife of 53 years,Virginia(néeRoss); children: Scott(wife Jen‐nifer Mueller),Jessica (partnerAndrewPoland), and Nicole (husband Ryan Izatt);grandchildren: Madelyn,Ella, andCoco; siblings: Daniel Daigle (Stephanie),Elise McGinley (Kevin),Nanette Jarvis (late,David), andJan Gar‐cia (David); sisters-in-law: Kathy Warren (late, Tom) and Rosalind Smith(Jay); and alarge numberof close cousins, nieces,and nephews.Hewas preceded indeath by hisparents, Stanand CarolDaigle; and siblings, Andréand Jami Daigle. Services will be heldatGardenofMemo‐riesFuneralHome, 4900 Airline DriveinMetairie, on Saturday, October25, 2025 Visitationbeginsat11:00 a.m with thememorial service to take placeat 1:00p.m.All arewelcome In lieu of flowers, thefam‐ily believes that Chris would enjoydonations in his memory to theNational World WarIIMuseumat www.nationalww2muse um.org or LosIsleños Her‐itage andCulturalSociety atwww.losislenos.org. To express condolencesorto send florals, please visit www.gardenofmemorie smetairie.com.

Dillon,EttaDean With sadnessweshare the passingofEttaDean Dillon, on October9,2025. Pleasevisit www.rhodesf uneral.comtoviewservice information,signonline guestbook,sendflowers and sharecondolences

Fannaly, Joyce E.

Ms. Joyce E. Fannaly, age98years, passedaway on October 16, 2025. Anative of Ponchatoula, LA, and aresident of River Ridge, LA,she was the daughter of the lateJohn J. Fannaly, II and Josie YochimFannaly Freeman, and thesister of John J. Fannaly, III. Ms. Fannaly is preceded in death by her belovedfriend,Carolyn S. Perseveaux.She is survivedbymany friends and relatives, toonumerous to mention.

Once in aWhile aFriend is Found Who's aFriend Right fromThe Start, Once in aWhile a Friendship is Made That Really Warms theHeart

Once in aWhile a Friendship is Formed To Last aLifetime Through. It ReallydoesHappen, just Once in aWhile It Happened To Me And You.

Joyce was blessed with aloving, long-time companion in Carolyn Together they celebrated 68 years of friendship,love and laughter.

Joyce was amember of four clubs: theLittle Gourmets,the Gourmets, theHyde Posse,and the Mamou Riding Club. She enjoyed cooking and loved gardening.

Joyce was avery warm person, with an analytical and amiable personality She strivedfor perfection, be it in cooking,decorating her home, or always doing her chores in advance. Her amiable sidewas obvious in that she lovedher family,friends and pets, especiallyher cats, JerryAtric and Ebony.

We calledher "Miss Corporal WorksofMercy," because she visited the sick and buried thedead. She tookcare of friends who had cancer and was in charge of burying threeof her dear friendsafter Hurricane Katrina. In 2017, Carolyngave Joyce a90thBirthday Party at theRose Garden, inviting the members of the four clubs they belonged to.Seventy-five members were invited,seventy-eight came, according to the door count!

Joyce was lovedat Jones &Laughlin, Thomson -Hayward and DixieBeer, servingastheir Payroll Clerk and Pension

Coordinator.She also workedfor the I.R.S.atthe Cotton Exchange at the foot of Canal Street Joyce andCarolyn really enjoyed travelingtogether andsailed away on 67 cruises, (number 68 was cancelled duetoCOVID19). Theysailed across the PacificfromOahu,Hawaii to Ensenada, Mexico on theInauguralRCL ship, Splendorofthe Seas and sailed across theAtlantic from England to NewYork on theInauguralCunard Ship, Queen MaryII. They sailed through thePanama Canal. They also lovedtakingfully escortedbus trips through Italy, France Spain,Portugal, Greece, Turkey, Alaska, and Hawaii.Theytook two trips to Germany, because on thefirst trip, Joyce broke herhip coming downfrom King Ludwig's Castle, Neuschwanstein Servicesfor Joycewill be held on Friday, October 24, 2025, at Lake Lawn MetairieFuneral Home at 5100 PontchartrainBlvd NewOrleans.A visitation will be held from12:302:00 pm. Theservice will then be held in the chapel at 2:00 P.M immediately followed by interment in MetairieCemetery

WilbertTimothy Griffin Sr.,departedthislifeon Saturday, October18, 2025 atUniversityMedical Cen‐ter in NewOrleans LA.He was 66 yearsold anda na‐tiveofDavantLA.,and a residentofSt. Bernard, LA Son of thelateAugustand Shirley RileyGriffin. Father ofTennilliaG.Demolle, WilbertJr. andKendall Grif‐finand Aurillia Lumar. De‐voted husbandofthe late LisaWilliamsonGriffin. Step-father of Kevin Williamson.Brother of She‐lia G. Thomas (Allen),Mar‐garet G. Duplessis, Eric F. Griffin(Joann),and thelate Anthony,Rev.Augustand MervinJ.Griffin. Brotherin law of ArdtriaGriffin. NephewofAndrewGriffin and Ella MaeRiley. Mr.Grif‐finisalsosurvivedby16 grandchildren,30great grandchildren,several nieces, nephews, cousins, other relativesand de‐voted friends. Relatives and friendsofthe family, priestand parishioners of St. Thomas andAssump‐tionCatholicChurch, all surroundingchurchesand LoftonSecurity, areinvited toattendthe funeralser‐viceonSaturday, October 25, 2025 at St.Thomas Catholic Church 17605 Hwy 15, Point-Ala-Hache LA.The visitationwillbegin at 9AM followedbyan11AMmass. FatherSampson Abdulai willofficiateand entomb‐mentwillfollowinGriffin CemeteryinPhoenix LA Funeralplanningentrusted toRobinsonFamilyFuneral Home(504)208-2119. For onlinecondolences please visit www.robinsonfamilyf uneralhome.com

Lawrence

Lawrence(June) Jackson Jr,departed this life on Monday October6, 2025, SonofLawrence Jackson Sr.and the late ErnestineVincentJackson. Husband of DonnaB Jackson.Lawrence is survivedbyhis children, grandchildren, siblings, andahostofotherrelatives. Funeral Serviceswill be held on SaturdayOctober 25, 2025 at 11:00am at Milesville Memorial Church of God in Christ 129 Apple St.Laplace,La., Bishop Ronald Fank Host Pastor, ProphetNathan Jackson Officiating.Visitationat thechurch from 9am until service time Professional Service en-

trustedto caringstaff of Hobson Brown Funeral Home 134 Daisy St Garyville,La70051 James, Henry'Mannie'

Henry“Mannie”James was called from laborto rewardonMonday, Octo‐ber 13,2025, at theage of 95surrounded by hischil‐dren, grandchildren, and sister. Henrywas born on September 20,1930, to the union of Benjamin and Josephine James. He leavestocherish hismem‐ories to hischildren, Henry (Jolanda) James, Sylvia J. Pierre, Sharon (Percyl) Jones,Leroy D. James, and Vanessa Cazenave;one sister, MableFranklin; sis‐ter-in-law, Myra Ard; brother-in-law, John (Lillie Mae)Burris; grandchildren, great grandchildren, great great grandchildren, anda hostofother relativesand friends.Henry is preceded toeternitybyhis wife,Eve‐lyn James; parents; chil‐dren, Evelyn Kim, Darrell and KennethJames;broth‐ers,Leroy Franklin and Jesse Franklin,Jr.;and a hostofin-laws.Relatives and friendsofthe family are invitedtoattenda Fu‐neral ServiceonSaturday, October 25,2025, at Fellow‐shipMissionaryBaptist Church, 2805 GeneralTay‐lor St., NewOrleans,LA, at 10:00 am.Visitationbegins at9:00am. Interment: Pri‐vate. Arrangements en‐trusted to Dennis Funeral Home, 1812 LouisianaAve., New Orleans, LA.Please visit www.dennismortu aryservice.comtosignthe onlineguestbook

Arthur Joseph "Fish" Jones transitioned peace‐fully into eternallifeon Tuesday October14, 2025 atVillaFeliciana Nursing HomeinJackson LA.He was 66 yearsold anda na‐tiveand lifelong resident of PortSulphur LA.Beloved son of DorisAnn Williams Mackeyand thelateAlbert Jones Sr.Brother of Albert Jones Jr.(Debbie), Randy Williams Sr.(Cynthia), Perry JonesSr. (Lachella) Clyde JonesSr. (Tammy), ZenaJones,Aaron Jones (Cassandra),Colleen Barthelemy(Keith) andthe lateAlfredWilliams, DeniseGanierand JayAr‐doin. Grandson of thelate Allen andMargaret Williams andthe late Richard andAlexandrine Jones.Devoted friend of Keith Turner,Germaine Reagan, Milton Antoine and Kirk Ingraham NephewofAgnes Encalade and Lois Tate.Great nephewofEunice Williams Fishisalsosurvivedby several nieces,nephews, cousins,other relatives and friends. Fish waspre‐viously employed at Eddie's Oyster Housein PortSulphur andwas well known as the"community roustabout" whowas al‐wayswilling to lend ahelp‐ing hand to hisneighbors and hiscommunity in any way possible, no matter how bigorsmall task.Rel‐ativesand friendsofthe familyare invitedtoattend the funeralservice on Fri‐day October24, 2025 at St Patrick Catholic Church lo‐cated at 28698 LA-23, Port Sulphur LA.70083.The visi‐tationwillbegin at 9AM followedbyan11AMmass. FatherLawrencewilloffici‐ate andinterment will fol‐low in Barthelemy Ceme‐teryinDiamond LA.Fu‐neral planning entrustedto RobinsonFamilyFuneral Home(504)208-2119. For onlinecondolences please visit www.robinsonfamilyf uneral.com.

Chatelain, Brenda Ann

Griffin Sr., Wilbert Timothy

Jones, Arthur Joseph 'Fish'

Jackson,

M. 'June'

Benjamin Joseph Sr age 75, passedaway on Monday, October6,2025. Hewas preceded in death byhis parents, FerrydeF JosephSr. andJeanette BingsleyJoseph; hissisters SophieL.Walker, EthelMae JosephWest, andGwen‐dolyn Vernon;and his brothersFerryde F. Joseph Jr.,DonaldJoseph, Rickey Joseph, andRonaldJoseph. Heissurvivedbyhis chil‐drenBrianaWareofTexas, Antoinette Williams (Mar‐vin), Alicia GrossRaymond (Elmore Raymond),Ben‐jamin F. Joseph Jr., andTre M.Joseph; hissisters Cas‐sandraFournette of Cali‐forniaand Elicia Landers (Louis) of BatonRouge, Louisiana;17grandchil‐dren, 6great-grandchil‐dren, godmother Mildred Eason,and ahostof nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives, and friends.A celebrationof lifewillbeheldSaturday, October 25,2025,at10:00 a.m.atFirst PilgrimBaptist Church,1228 Arts St., New Orleans,Louisiana.Visita‐tionbeginsat9:00a.m.In‐terment will follow at Mt OlivetCemetery, NewOr‐leans,Louisiana.Services entrusted to Dennis Fu‐neral Home,New Orleans, Louisiana,504-899-8252.

Anne Lewis (1938 -2025)

Anne Lewis, beloved mother, grandmother, great grandmother, and friend, aka Timmie, passed away peacefully on October 11, 2025, after a courageous battle with cancer. Her passing leaves avoid in the hearts of all who knew and loved her. Born in Screven County, Georgia, in 1938, Anne was the cherished daughter of Charles and Annie Waters. Alifelong learner witha deep love for literature and language, she earned her master's degree in English from Georgia Southern University. Her passion for words and teaching inspired many throughout her life. Anne was adevoted mother to her three children—MaryAnn, John, and William—and her greatest joy came from her family. She faced life's challenges with grace and strength, guided by faith and love. Anne was preceded in death by her husband, Wendell, and her son, John. She is survived by her daughter, MaryAnn; her son, William; and her many beloved grandchildren &great-grandchildren, who will carry forward her warmth, wisdom, and laughter. Amemorial service honoring Anne's life will be held on Friday, October 24th, at 10:00 a.m. at St. Philip's Episcopal Church, 3643 Aurora Dr., New Orleans, LA 70131 Anne's family invites all who knew her to join in celebrating alife well lived—a life filled with kindness, intellect,and enduring love.

Metairie whereshe stayed until the end of her life Shewas amember of Reach to Recovery,both Colonialand Chateau CountryClubs,and she was active with the Susan Komen Foundation asa breast cancer survivor.She loved allanimals but had a special place in her heart fordolphins and her many beloved dogs.She was happy to serve her community as apollsupervisor in Jefferson parish elections. In her free time, she enjoyed gardening, cruising,travelingwithher sister andhusband (especially to her favorite place, Hawaii), and spending time with her beloved grandchildren. She is survived by her daughters, Michelle D. Bougere, Debra L. Bougere;son,RobertC Marsh, Jr. (Angela); grandchildren, Kyle DiGiorgio Brenna Lampiasi, and Shelby Farrell-Marsh; great grandchildren, Violet and Valyn Marsh; brother, Milton Borel, Jr.; andher precious grand dogs, Stella, Burney,and Sammi. MaryBethwas preceded in death by herhusband of 49 years, Robert"Bob" Marsh; granddaughter,Bailey N. Marsh; parents, Nona Marie Boreland Milton C. Borel and sister,Patricia BorelTwickler. Thefamily wouldliketoextendtheir gratitude to Ochsner MICU 7th Floor,Dr. McKneelySmith, Dr.Oldman; and nurses, Louis, Melody, Chelsea, and Josie. Relativesand friends are invited to attend the memorialgathering at Lake LawnMetairie FuneralHome, 5100 PontchartrainBlvd in New Orleans,onMonday, October 27, 2025 from4 PM -6 PM. There will be aconcluding prayersaidat5:45 PM. She willbelaidtorest in All SaintsMausoleumat alater date

Matthews, Cutnisha MarieWinfield

Cutnisha "Nene" "Cut

“Phoo-Phoo” MarieWin‐field Matthews, entered intoeternal rest at herres‐idenceonTuesday,Octo‐ber 7, 2025, at thetender age of 31.She wasa native ofNew Orleans, LA anda residentofCovington,LA. Cutnishawas aproud graduateofWarrenEaston HighSchoolwhere sheex‐celledacademically. She wentontoreceive aBach‐elorofArtsDegreefrom SoutheasternLouisiana University. As Cutnisha was an avid learner, she was currentlyenrolledin the Radiology Technician Program at DelgadoCom‐munity College. Cutnisha was employed by theUS PostalService forover8 years.Cutnishaloved the Lord, oursavior, Jesus Christand faithfully at‐tendedCommunity Church inCovington,LAunder the leadership of Pastor Dr Nathan"Pastor Nate" Young.She dedicatedher lifetothe Lord andwas baptizedonJuly27, 2025. She trulywas alight to anyonewho wasfortunate enoughtobewelcomed intoher innercircle. Daughterofthe late Kinate Matthewsand thelate Roger"Cutno" Winfield, Jr Granddaughter of Regina Matthewsand thelate McKinleyJones,Brenda Price,Roger"Jim" Winfield, Sr. andLaurent "Buford" Price.SisterofFredria Matthews, FrederickGreen, Jr.,JackWeber,Irionne Dickerson andTahgmah Barthelemy. In addition to her father sheisalsopre‐ceded in deathbystep-fa‐ther, FrederickGreen,Sr. beloved uncle,McKinley Matthewsand cousin,Ron‐nie Carter.She is survived byher belovedfur baby Clover, aunts, Temekea Matthews, Rhonda(Clyde) Franklinand Roslyn Cole; uncles, Lawrence,Bryant (Jeneice),Demond (Fel‐isha),Barry,Kerry (Mi‐haela), Tyrone Cole,Triston Walkerand Ernest Franklin and ahostofnieces, nephews,cousins,other relatives andfriends.Rela‐tives,friends,coworkers of the US Postal Service, classmates, congregants ofCommunity Church and other neighboring churches areinvited to at‐tenda CelebrationService honoringthe life of Cut‐nisha "Nene" "Cut"Win‐fieldMatthewsat Mount Kingdom MissionaryBap‐tistChurch, 3756 Louisa St NOLA 70117 on Saturday October25, 2025 at 10 am

October 25 2025 at 10 am Visitation at 8am. Inter‐mentProvidenceCeme‐tery, Metairie,LA. Please signthe online guestbook atwww.charbonnetfuner alhome.com. Charbonnet Labat Glapion, Directors (504) 581-4411

Merrick, BruceEvan

BruceEvanMerrick en‐tered eternallifeonTues‐day,October 14,2025at Ochsner MedicalCenter Westbank, he was70years old.Bruce wasbornon July, 10,1955tothe late An‐drewMerrick Jr.and the lateAudreyTaylor. He was the father of BruceEvan Neal(Irelle Scott),Brooke SentrellBrown andCourt‐ney Mallard. Grandfather ofSe'majNeal, BruceEvan NealJr.,Bryan Barakatand Aiden Barakat. Brucewas the brotherofMerlisha, Karry Sr.(Deborah),Iris "Rachel", andJimmy Mer‐rick, Melinda Franklin (Har‐landSr.), Peggy Garrett and thelateJohn"Magoo Merrick (Sharmaine), and Andrew"Black" Merrick (Denise). GodfatherofNar‐shain Taylor.Bruce is also survivedhis aunts, nieces, nephews,cousins,other relatives anddevoted friends.Bruce's family truly appreciate the prayers,support andlove theyhavereceivedduring thisdifficult time.Relatives and friendsofthe family are invitedtoattend the funeralservice on Satur‐day,October 25,2025at RobinsonFamilyFuneral Home9611LA-23, Belle Chasse LA.70037.The visi‐tationwillbegin at 1PM followedbya 2PMservice Rev.TheodoreTurnerof the Mt.Olive Missionary Baptist Church of Boothville LA.willofficiate. Intermentwillbeprivate Funeralplanningentrusted toRobinsonFamilyFuneral Home(504)208-2119. For onlinecondolences please visit www.robinsonfamilyf uneralhome.com

Kenneth "Kenny"Miller, acherished soul known for his handytouch and creativespirit,passed away peacefully on October11, 2025. Born in Perryville, MissourionMay 24, 1964, and alongtime resident of Avondale, La. Kenny was rich withthe kind of realworldknowledge that only comes from alifelived with purpose and passion Kenny wasa mechanic,his abilitytolistentoanengine and diagnose an issue with an almost supernatural precision. He was acreativewoodworker, his attention to detail and his love forcrafting something out of nothing and lasting frombeautiful raw materials was amazing.Kenny's love forfishing was about morethanthe catch; it was about thepeace he found in the rhythms of nature and thejoy of aday spent on thewater.

Kenny was known to his friends and family as the epitome of handiness and creativity. Always readyto lend ahand or solve a problem, he approached life's challenges with acan -doattitudethatwas as humble as it was effective.

As we bidfarewell to Kenneth "Kenny"Miller, we do so with adeepappreciationfor the man he was and theimpact he had on our lives. His memory willliveoninthe engines that purr smoothly thanks to his touch, thewooden structures that stand strong and beautiful,and therippleofthe water that echoes with his laughter.

DoloresMonette,age 92 was born on October11, 1933inJefferson,LA, de‐partedthisearthly home onMonday, October13, 2025. Shewas agraduate ofJohnH.MartynHigh School (ShrewsburyHigh School)ofShrewsbury, LA Dolores wasa floristser‐vicingShrewsburyand Metro NewOrleans areas. She wasalsoa member of Christian Fellowship Church.Dolores wasthe lovingmotherofMarkK Phillips(Jennifer). Beloved sisterofEllen Louise Phillipsand CatherineMar‐shall.She wasalsosur‐vived by ahostofnieces, nephews,cousins,family and friends. Shewas pre‐ceded in deathbyher par‐entsCharles Phillips,Sr. and MattieLou Harris;and her siblings Yvonne Phillips Ruffin, CharlesPhillips, Jr., GailHayes andSidneyMar‐tin.Relatives andfriends of the family,alsoPastor, of‐ficers andmembers of Christian Fellowship Church andMacedonia Church of GodinChristare invited to attend theCele‐bration of Life Serviceon Saturday, October25, 2025 atMacedonia Church of God in Christ,3015Johnny Jackson Jr.Blvd, NewOr‐leans,LA70126 at 10:00 a.m.Visitationfrom9:00 a.m.until 10:00a.m.Private Burial. Youmay sign the guest book on http://www gertrudegeddeswillis.com. Gertrude GeddesWillisFu‐neral Home Inc.,incharge (504) 522-2525

John Frederik Palm,Jr., 80, of Nine Mile Point, LA passedawaypeacefully on October 17,2025, sur‐rounded by hislovingfam‐ily.Hewas thelovinghus‐bandofLoretta Sampey Palm, devotedfathertohis three sons John Frederik PalmIII (Annette), Michael EveralPalm(Mandy),and DanielJosephPalm(Katie), and hisfavoriteroleas proud GrandpatoJ.P., Lily, Elise,Daphne, Michael, Re‐becca,and Anna.Hecher‐ished everymomentwith themand found hisgreat‐est joyinspendingtime withhis family.Johnispre‐ceded in deathbyhis par‐entsand sisters, John F. Palm, Sr., BridgetWhorms, Barbara Palm Vignes and RuthPalmBacino. Born September 13,1945, in Brooklyn, NewYork, John moved to NewOrleans withhis family as ayoung child,where he would spend therestofhis life enriching thecommunity heloved.Hegraduated fromCor Jesu High School and went on to earn a BachelorofScience in Biol‐ogy from theUniversityof SouthernMississippi.John wasa gifted musician,per‐

was a gifted musician per formingalongside renownedartists in New Orleans.Heenjoyed per‐forming with TheKings‐men,Ravin Mads,and The Squires.His passionfor music wasmatched by his dedicationtopublicser‐vice. He served hiscommu‐nityfor 40 yearsasa crimi‐nalistfor theCityofNew Orleans,28years as a memberofthe NewOr‐leans Police Department, followedby12moreyears asa civilian.In1984, he re‐ceiveda commendation fromthe NOPD forExem‐plary Performanceand DedicationtoDutyfor sav‐ing thelifeofaKennerpo‐liceofficer. John will be missedbyall whoknew him butfondlyremem‐bered forhis warmth,his unwavering commitment, his deep love of others, and thememorieshe sharedwithall who knew him.A celebrationoflife willbeheldatGardenof MemoriesFuneralHomein Metairie, LA on Saturday October 25,2025, with visi‐tationfrom9:00a.m to 11:30 a.m. anda mass to followat11:30 a.m. To offer the familyonlinecondo‐lences, send flowers, or plant atreeinmemoryof JohnFrederikPalmJr., pleasevisit www.gardeno fmemoriesmetairie.com

Joseph WoodrowRobert Junior,bornonFebruary 27, 1959, in NewIberia, Louisiana,returnedhome toheavenonOctober 10th at4:00p.m.A devotedhus‐band, father,grandfather, son,brother,cousin, and friend. Joseph’s life wasa reflection of thefruit of the Spirit—love,joy,peace,pa‐tience, kindness,good‐ness, faithfulness, gentle‐ness, andself-control.He foughtthe good fightof faith andnow restsineter‐nal peace. He attended the University of Louisianaat f h h d

University of Louisiana at Lafayette,where he earned a Bachelor’s degree in BusinessAdministration. For 37 years, Joseph workedasa Manager (Stevedore) on theCanal in New Orleansand theWa‐terfrontatthe Port of New Orleans—a career defined bydedication, resilience, and prideinhonestlabor Hewas preceded in death byhis father,Joseph RobertSr.,grandparents, aunts,uncles, cousinsand friends.Josephissurvived byhis devotedwife, Dard‐enellaLaPeyrolerieRobert; his son, Jean-Pierre Gosserand;his grand‐daughter, MarisiaAmour LaPeyrolerie; hismother, Marie Lola MaeSmall; his sister, Denise McLean (Burke, brother-in-law); and half sistersand broth‐ers.Healsoleavesbehind a host of cousins, nieces, nephews,and extended familymembers who will carry hismemoryintheir hearts. Relativesand Friends of theFamilyare all invitedtoattenda Mass ofChristian Burial on Sat‐urday,October 25,2025, at 11:00am at Visitation of Our Lady Catholic Church 3500AmesBlvd. Marrero, LA70072.Visitationwill begin at 10:00am. Very Rev. Colin Braud, V.F. Officiant. Burialwillbeprivate.Pro‐fessional Arrangements Entrusted to Majestic Mor‐tuary Service, Inc. (504)5235872.

Finis Shelnutt, 74, of NewOrleans,Louisiana, left this worldtoreturn home on October 16, 2025. Finis wasbornon October1,1951, in Benton Arkansas, to Doyleand Emma Shelnutt. He wasthe youngest of four brothers —hence thename his motherchose for him: she wasfinished! Emma loved

Monette, Dolores

Robert Jr., Joseph Woodrow

Shelnutt,Finis

Lewis, Anne Waters 'Timmie'

Palm Jr., John Frederik

Miller, Kenneth'Kenny'

Marsh, Mary Beth Borel

COMMENTARY

Aspotted lanternfly flies past President Donald TrumpasheboardsAir Force OneinSeptember

ASSOCIATEDPRESS PHOTOByALEX BRANDON

ISSUE OF THE WEEK TRUMP’S LEGACy

President Donald Trump has prompteda wide variety of responses.Supporters sayhis takingthe reins of government to makebold changesisnecessaryinthis moment. Critics point to his coarse style and willingness totramplerulesand norms long followedbyleaders of the nation.Though it’sstill earlyinhis second term, some wonder howhistory will evaluate this president. His achievements —likethe historic peace dealinGaza —havewon praise.But aprotestmovement has sprung up decrying Trump’sactions as those of atyrant. Here are two perspectives:

Learnthe lessonsabout presidents from history

People who are protesting and complaining that President Donald Trumpisbehaving like adictator apparently skipped history classes or took them at liberal universities where professorshave rewrittenthe subject to conform to their worldview.

Someone who is doing what history teachers used to do may surprise you. He is Mark Levin, who hosts a daily syndicated radioprogram and weekend programs on Fox News Channel. Watch and listenifyou are skeptical.

Last weekend, Levinreminded his audience that somewho areregarded as some of our best presidents did things far worse thanwhatTrumpis accused of doing.

opponents and newspaper publishers.” He also “ordered the IRS to lay off ayoung congressman they were investigating (named)Lyndon Johnson.”

Surprising reincarnation of Trumpasastatesman

Israeli PrimeMinister Benjamin Netanyahu was willing to go to destroy Hamas, regardless of the cost to civilians and innocents.

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Levin reminded us thatJohnAdams,one of America’s Founding Fathers, imprisoned several citizens under the Sedition Act, including four journalists. TheInsurrection Act was used by Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson and Ulysses S.Grant (Grant put down the Ku Klux Klan in the South). These and other presidents used the military to achieve political and social objectives. AbrahamLincoln “shut down pro-peace newspapers, or papersthought to be sympathetic to the Confederacy during the Civil War. He suspended habeas corpus Only Congress can do that.” Lincoln also “confiscated printing materials and sometimesimprisoned reporters, editors and publishers.” Woodrow Wilson, “a favoriteofthe Democrats, was aracist and abigot. He believed in eugenics.Healso passed the Espionage Act in 1917 and aSeditionAct in 1918, so opponents of Wilson were charged and imprisoned on ascale never seen in American history.” These included 2,000 people, 1,200 of whom were imprisoned, among them “the Socialist candidate for presidentofthe United States.” Franklin Roosevelt, saysLevin,“hada war against the press.” He establishedthe Federal Communications Commissionin 1934 and reducedthe length of broadcast radio licenses from three years tosix months to make sure they“abide(d)bythe policies of the government.” Levin notes FDR “appointed apolitical confidant to run the IRS. He would order this director to conduct auditsonpolitical

Want more? “AtFDR’sdirection,” says Levin, “SenateDemocrats subpoenaed tens of thousands of telegrams from Western Union because they thought it was run by Republicans.” President Kennedy,says Levin, “appointed aloyalist to be IRS Commissioner and he would routinely read tax filings of political opponents,people...who were wealthy for thefun of it...and leak(ed) to Ben Bradley,” who wrote for Newsweek magazine and later became editor at The Washington Post.

Lyndon Johnson, says Levin,“used the IRS, theFBI, theCIA...and went after his politicalopponents, businesses, publishers. He spied on the Goldwater campaign andhad bugs by theFBI placed in the Goldwater headquarters.” Johnson also ordered the phones of Martin Luther King Jr.and other Black civil rights leaders to be bugged

Barack Obama, about whom so many say was free of scandal, had his Justice Department subpoena and seize “20 Associated Press phone lines used by 100 reporters,”says Levin, “and communications between reporters and the CIA.” Levinchronicled so manymore actions ordered by mostly Democrat presidents that taken together,orindividually,pale in comparison to President Trump’seffortsto upholdthe law.Levin calls Democrats the real authoritarians. “They’re theones who reject the outcomes of elections...they’re theones who seek to change the citizenry of this country because they don’tmuch like the way that we voteand that way they can pick up morecongressional seats...And if they can’tlet’sget rid of the Electoral College so only the11or12most populous states, almost all of which are Democrat, (will) control thecountry,and we’ll call it democracy.”

Probably no history teacher,ifthey get aroundtothe subject,calls any of those former presidents or today’sDemocrat party“dictators.”

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Every now and then, President Donald Trumpsurprises us by acting statesmanlike, usually justbefore he doesn’t. Recently there was acase in point, as the president and Middle Eastern leaders gathered in Egypt to sign the Trump peace plan to end the war in Gaza. History,meanwhile, is no friend to truces between generations-long antagonists. Palestinians and Israelis have been at odds since agroup of geniuses at the United Nations decided in 1947 that Palestine should share its land with Jews, thereby creating the state of Israel. This partition plan, though supported by Western countries as well as the Soviet Union, was opposed by Arab nations,six of which staged awalkout in protest during the GeneralAssembly vote(33-13). The rest, as they say,is well known. After Hamas was elected in 2006 to govern the Palestinian people, it devoted itself to creating aterrorist stateaimed at destroying Israel, amission realized in the horrors of the Oct. 7, 2023, invasion.

And now, at last, adeclaration of peace?

In announcing the signing of his eponymous peace declaration, Trump was the president we’ve been waiting for. He spoke eloquently and stayed on point He was deferential, humble and respectful toward leaders from Egypt, Qatar and Turkey,who had joined him for the signing. The war and the unforgettable images of men, women and children being kidnapped, raped and tortured were too much to bear for anyonewith an ounce of empathy.That the aftermath lasted two years, resulting in widespread starvation and the deaths of an estimated 67,000 Palestinians, is atestament to the power of hatred on one side and alust for justice on theother Biblical is theword that comes to mind. Miraculous is another,considering Trump’sachievement in ending the conflict. More than afeather in his cap, the peace declaration is agift to the Middle East and the world. Civilized people elsewhere might have abhorred the lengths to which

Americans surely know that under similar circumstances —our friends and children being murdered during a concert and entire families kidnapped from their homes —the United States would have done the same, only faster and with more shock and awe. It is almost too muchtohope for success in the coming days and weeks. We’ve seen this movie too many times. But Trump’s triumph in ending hostilities and articulating acooperative missionfor peace, security and dignity for all is historic. Before news broke of the declaration, Iheard myself saythat if Trump could end the war and get the hostages released, he deserved the Nobel Peace Prize. It’stoo late for this year,but past recipients have received the prize for muchless. Alas, Trump wasn’t15minutes into his speech when he morphed from Winston Churchill into Fidel Castro who was known for his meandering, hourslong stem-winders. As soon as Trump started pounding Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden, he lost muchofhis audience. What awaste of his greatest moment. Does his base still need to hate Democrats to keep the venom flowing? Democrats are not muchbetter.With few exceptions, many of them lauded the declaration while studiously avoiding mention of Trump. What utter childishness from adults who presume to lead. Trump remains the worst offender because we expect the most from apresident. He couldn’t pause his ego long enough to accept and enjoy his glory with humility,thereby bringing the world to its feet in admiration. For such times, Isuppose, we rely upon the mute button. But wouldn’titbe nice, instead, if someone could whisper in Trump’sear that genius is knowing when to stop. That might just appealto him.

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all of her children, but Finis prided himself on always being her baby.

DEATHS continued from For 25 years, Finisthrived in stocks and bonds with Prudential Securities, earning his place amongthe firm's Top100 producersin the 1990s. After moving to NewOrleans, he shifted from financetoentrepreneurship, helping launch the Gennifer Flowers Kelsto Club, apiano bar where she performedand he managed operations. True to form, success followed him again whenheturned his focustoreal estate —as the two foundedShelnutt Real Estate.

Finis was acharacter and true fixture in the French Quarter, known by nearly all locals. His experiences and impact, however, spanned far beyond those lively blocks. Attempting to describe the life and lifestyle of Finis Shelnutt in written word is atruly impossible task— he lived an extraordinary life with stories that most would find hard to believe true —but for those closest to him, those stories were only asmall glimpse of the man he really was.

Finis started Taekwondo at the age of 15 and earned his black belt in only 12 months. In 1973, he received his instructor certification, and on April 12, 1975, received his 3rd Degree Black Belt. He was one of three on the American Taekwondo Association's (ATA) first Black Belt team. From 1973 to 1977 he trained Tammy (Harvey) Stauber, who later went on to become ATA's first female Grand Master. Tammy remembers him as, "a fierce competitor, extraordinary technician, and gifted instructor."

In 1976, Finis married Sally (Ward) Smith. Finis never knew he had apassion forhorseback riding until he laid eyes upon Sally, who had grown up riding and showing horses. His competitive focus immediately shifted to catching up to Sally's riding level.Anyone who knew Finis would tell you that nothing motivated him more than a beautiful woman! By 1980, Finis won the Arkansas State Horse Show against 66 other riders on Miss Hankalia —a horse he purchased for only 0and trained himself,with guidance from Marty Hopkins. Finis and Sallyshared 14 rich years together and brought two daughtersinto this world, Maria and Jennifer. Though their marriage ended in 1989, their friendship never did. Finis was introduced to singer Gennifer Flowers in 1989, and the two married in 1996. Over the years, they built alife that took them from Little Rock to Denver, Las Vegas, and finally New Orleans in 1999.

Finis had an incredible sense of humor. He once helped close friends move to California.Knowing the wifefeared earthquakes, he and her husband arranged aprank thatinvolvedFinis hiding under their bed on theirfirst nightthere, shakingit while her husband shouted, "Earthquake!" Finis wasn't the kind of comedic man who toldcanned jokes— he was aquickwitted, unpredictable man who kept his lovedones on their toesbecause no one ever knew what he might say next! His humormay not havealwaysbeen"socially appropriate," but his charismatic charm wasundeniablyendearing.

Finis loved allthose in his family fiercely, and in his protectiveway, took under his winghis niece Chandra and his nephew Doyle when their fathers, his brothers, left this world. He wasasproudof themashewas of hisown children

He always loved his daughters, no matter what Whenthey wereyoung, he wouldask Maria to go out on the deckwith him while he grilledsteaks so they could wave the lid of the grill and send "steak smoke signals" toward the neighbors' house to make them jealous. After all, his steaks werethe best! He had such aspitfire in Jennifer when she wasa toddler that he was once rendereddefenseless while threatening to discipline her when she looked up and replied, "Not you, Cowboy!"

Finis had three grandchildren and adoredthem deeply. He was incredibly proud of his oldest granddaughter, Kaelyn, not only forher accomplishments but forher character strength, and determina-

tion. He said he'd never known aprettier redhead. He often laughedimagining thesounds his parents wouldhaveenjoyed when he gaveMatthew his first drum set for Christmas. He was absolutely enthralled by Ellie and her love of spaghettiand meatballs. Hisfavoritestory to share was of Ellie eating spaghetti— with her hands— "with no shame," he'dsay.

He is survivedbyhis twodaughters, MariaGray and Jennifer (David) Saltaformaggio,and his grandchildren, Kaelyn, Matthew, and Ellie.

He was preceded in death by his mother Nancy Emogene "Emma" Shelnutt,his father, Doyle Alfred Shelnutt,and his brothers, Alfred,Gary, and Tommy.

Acelebrationoflifesecond line parade in honorof Finiswillbegin at 1:30 PM on Tuesday, October 28th, in front of the Omni Royal Orleans RibRoom,located at 621 St.Louis Street,New Orleans, Louisiana 70130.

In lieu of flowers,the family requeststhat donations be madetothe Louisiana SPCA or the Humane SocietyofSaline County, Arkansas, on behalf of FinisShelnutt.

Jessie John Spiers,38, a residentofMarrero,LA, passedintoeternal rest in the housethathehelped makeintoa home,onMon‐day October13, 2025. He was an avid fishermanwho isnow castinghis line into thatbig fishingholeinthe sky,where he hasjoined his dadand brother. Jess loved allthingsoutdoors and lovedspendinghis freetimeinhis boat, Skedaddle.”His charis‐matic personalityand beautiful smilewillbe missedbyall who knew him.Jesswas adevoted and loving father to his baby girls, Chloeand Pais‐l h h il d

baby girls, Chloe and Pais ley, who he spoiledevery chancehegot.Cherished son of Lisa Borras andthe lateKenneth Spiers,Jr. Adoredbrother of Lacey Gerdes(Shane),Stacie Spiersand thelateKen SpiersIII. He left behind the best catchofhis life, Christy Morvantand his bonus daughter,Baileigh. Uncle Jess to Lily,Mia and Dylan.Precededindeath byhis grandparents Johnnyand EarlineBorras and Kennethand Ruth Spiers. Allwho knew Jessie, knew they hada friend. He wasa caring and kindsouland will be deeplymissed. Family and friends areinvited to at‐tendthe visitation on Sat‐urday,October 25,2025 from11:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m.atSaintsCommunity Church 2001 Transcon‐tential,Metairie, LA.Words ofremembrance andmem‐ories will be shared at 12:00 p.m. Funeralplanning entrusted to Robinson FamilyFuneralHome9611 LA-23, Belle Chasse LA 70037. (504)208-2119. For onlinecondolences please visit www.robinsonfamilyf uneralhome.com.

LonnieCurtisThompson II passedawaypeacefully surrounded by family and friends,onOctober 12 2025, at theage of 36.A proud graduate of Mc‐Donogh 35 High School, Class of 2006, Lonniewas a dedicated employee of the Sewerageand WaterBoard ofNew Orleansfor over a decade. He is survived by his loving parents, Char‐lotte Baptiste andLonnie (Deitrice)Thompson; his beloved sons,LonnieCurtis ThompsonIII andLennox NikoThompson; andhis stepdaughters,Aailiyah Sawyerand Kyla Love.He isalsosurvivedbyhis sis‐ter, Lonnika (Tajanae`)

ter, Lonnika (Tajanae ) Jones- Thompson;step‐brothers, Raul (Lakita), Odin, andReynaldoDo‐minick; grandparents, Betty Baptiste andMaeola Thompson; hisdevoted fiancée, Ashley Jones; god‐mother, CynthiaSumler; goddaughter,JanayaRed; godsons,Donnell Starks Jr and Dash Powell; and nephew, Jace Jones. Lonnie leavesbehinda host of aunts,uncles, cousins, other relatives, andmany cherished friends. He was precededindeath by his grandfathers, Hudie ThompsonSr. andCurtis Baptiste, greatgrand‐mother, AliceRed;aunt, Di‐anneT.Williams; uncles, Hudie Thompson Jr.and Gregory Dase Sr.; godfa‐ther, RushellHart; and cousins,Kasey Clayton, Michael Blue,Jeremiah Sumler, Joseph Fraiser& Joshua& SharifaClaverie Familyand friendsare in‐vited to attend aCelebra‐tionofLifeService on Sat‐urday,October 25,2025, for 10:00 a.m. at TheApostolic ChurchatNew Orleans, 11700 Chef MenteurHwy New Orleans, LA 70129.Vis‐itation will beginat8:00 a.m.PastorTroyLawrence willofficiate. Interment willfollowatProvidence MemorialPark& Mau‐soleum, 8200 AirlineDrive Metairie, LA 70003.Guest‐bookOnline: www.anewtra ditionbegins.com(504)2820600. Linear Brooks Boyd and DonavinD.BoydOwn‐ers/FuneralDirectors

Walker, Jeanne Jeanne Marie Phillips Walker passedaway peacefully on October10, 2025, at the age of 74. Born on March4,1951, Jeanne lived in NewOrleans, Louisiana, Gulfport Mississippi; and Pensacola, Florida. Sheissurvivedbyher belovedpartner,Frank Clark Jr.; sons, Philip Damu Walker (Cherylenn) and Nikolas David Walker; grandchildren, Kemba Damali Walker Leeper (Brenton),Abasi Diop Walker, Marissa Dylan Clark-Jones(Dana) and Jonissa Alize Clark; greatgrandchildren, Jaeda Crawford,Isabella "Bella" Clark-Jones, and Julius Marble, anda host of family members.

Young Jr., Edward

Edward Young Jr.atthe age of 46 passedaway peacefullyonOctober 2, 2025. Born on December 23 1978, in Violet LA to the lateEdwardYoung Sr and Christine Young.Edward attended Alfred Lawless SeniorHighSchoolwhere hewas knownas“Fat Man”tomany. He wasvery lovingand wouldgiveyou the shirtoff hisback. FatMan wasa BourbonStreet Stepper.His favorite say‐ing was“Iknowwhere you got thoseshoes.” He will begreatly missed.Edward leavestocherish memo‐rieshis mother Christine Young,three sons,grand‐daughter: BerlynnSims and grandson JJ.Fat Man was lovedbyTiawana Tay‐lor,Nikisha Young,and Tia Johnson.Alsosurvivedby nieces, nephews, aunts, cousins,and friends. Pre‐ceded in deathbyhis fa‐therEdwardYoung Sr,and his wife Zenica Fernandez Young.Familyand friends are invitedtoattendthe Celebration of Life Service onSaturday, October25, 2025, for12:00 p.m. at Cele‐bration Church,5709E Judge PerezDrive,Violet, LA70092.Visitationwill begin at 11:00a.m.Pastor Johnnie Lewis, officiating. Intermentisprivate Guestbook Online:www anewtraditionbegins.com (504)282-0600. DonavinD Boydand Linear Brooks BoydOwners/FuneralDi‐rectors

Thompson II, Lonnie Curtis

Spiers,JessieJohn

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Pels,Zionneed to give city somethingtobelieve in this season

The New Orleans Pelicans tipoff their 2025-26 home schedule Friday night with amarqueematchup.

The San Antonio Spurs and Victor Wembanyama cometotown,fresh off the French big man’s spectacular 40-point, 15-reboundmasterpiece against the Dallas Maverickson Wednesday night.

It’ll be the first game of anykind at the Smoothie King Center for this new iteration of the Pelicans.

“I definitely look forward to playing at the crib,” forward Zion Williamson said Wednesday night after thePels’ 128-122 loss to the Grizzlies in Memphis, Tennessee. “I hope the citycomes out (and) bringsthe energy,because we’re looking to put on ashow andhavefun.”

One could argue thePelicansneed to put on ashow.After slogging through a demoralizing, injury-plagued 21-61 cam-

BY MATTHEW PARAS Staff writer

With a1-6 record, New Orleans

Saints general manager Mickey Loomis has been an executive long enough to know that “everyone presumes”his team will be aseller ahead of the league’s Nov.4trade deadline.

“Obviously,wehave been the subject of alot of rumors,” Loomis said in arecent radio interview with WWL.“Andwehave gotten afew callsaboutdifferent guys.”

But Loomis madenodeclarations abouthow the Saints will approach the deadline, other than to say they’d evaluateeach trade discussion on acase-by-

BY PATRICK MAGEE Staff writer

Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier was arrested Thursday along with Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups as part of an investigation into multiple illegal betting schemes that brought in millions of dollars for sports bettors and members of organized crime, authorities said. Rozier,who previously had been cleared by the NBA on similar allegations after an investigation by the league, and Billups have been placedonleave from their teams, the NBA announced Thursday

While Billups and former NBA player Damon Jones are charged with scheming with Mafia members to scam participants incard

Can the LSU Tigers spring what Las Vegas considers amild upset on No. 3 Texas A&M (the Aggies are favored by 21/2 points) on Saturday in Tiger Stadium?

Absolutely they can. LSU has lost two of its past three games, but they were on the road against ranked teams as distasteful and unacceptable as losses to Ole Miss and Vanderbilt may be around here. To get the job done, LSU is going to have to get big-time performances out of these six players and one assistant coach:

GarrettNussmeier

paigna year ago, the club desperately needs afast start to generate enthusiasm and regain theconfidence of its fan base.

Team officials overhauled theroster andbasketball operations in the offseason with the intent of reversing the team’s downwardtrajectory. The opening loss to Memphis didn’thelp matters, but the Pels played without Dejounte Murray,Kevon Looney and Karlo Matkovicbecause of injuries but were competitiveuntilthe end.

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case basis. “I don’tthink we’reinthe business of trading away good playersunless the deals are just too goodtorefuse,” hesaid. If theSaints are open for business,they’ll seeminglyhaveno shortage of suitors for key pieces on theroster Let’stake alook at the Saints’ best tradeassets —players who might receive offers too temptingfor Loomis to refuse. We’ll also tryto finda comparable past deal to see what New Orleans

operations Joe Dumars is asking of this team —atleast for now

“If we play as hard as we can play every night, we’re gonna get enough wins where we’re gonna be happy,” he said before thestartofcamp. “I expect our team to play hard every night. Iexpect no less and Iwill accept no less from them.”

Effort is agreat place to start. But obviously,itneeds to lead to wins at some point.The Pelicanscan’tafford another lost season. Not while Williamson is still in his prime.

This is Year 7ofthe Zion era. The former Duke standout has made two All-Star Games but has yet to play in a single playoff game. It’spast time for him,and thePelicans, to start realizing his vast potential. This season pretty

games, Rozierisalleged to have shared insider NBA information in asportsbettingploythat includedirregularities during a 2023 gameagainstthe New Orleans Pelicans.

The Department of Justice shared details Thursday of allegations involving seven NBA games thattook place over the course of ayear starting in March 23, 2023. Atotal of sixmen areaccused of involvement in the sports betting case. Outside of Rozier and Jones, bettors Eric Earnest,Shane Hennen, Marves Fairley and Deniro Laster have been named as defendantsin thealleged sports betting scheme. Prior toaMarch 23, 2023, game between theCharlotte Hornets andPelicansatthe Smoothie King

CenterinNew Orleans, Rozier who then played for the Hornets —isaccused of tellingLaster that he planned to claim he was injured and removehimself from the game in the first quarter, according to the indictment.

The indictment states Laster, whoisdescribedbyauthorities as alongtime friend of Rozier’s, joined Fairley andHennenin placing $200,000 in wagers on the under on Rozier, meaning they expected theguard to underperform thebetting line on his statistics.

Federal authorities say the bets delivered tens of thousands of dollarsinprofits for thebettors.

“Laster collected the cash and drove that night to Rozier’shouse,

Youcan’tdomuch to pin the Tigers’ 31-24 loss at Vandy on the LSU quarterback. He was 19-of-28 passing for 225 yards, two touchdowns and no interceptions, earning an excellent quarterback rating of 158.9. The problem was he was running for his life behind his porous offensive line. Even the touchdown passes he threw to Trey’Dez Green and Zavion Thomas were under aheavy rush. Nussmeier needs to do what he can to stay upright and stay away from turnovers. Helping LSU score touchdowns from the 1-yard line also would help.

Harlem Berry

The freshman is starting to live up to his billing as the nation’stop prep running back prospect. Yes, Caden Durham had more yards rushing at Vandy than Berry —seven carries for 59 yards compared to 11 carries for 55 —but 51 of Durham’syards came on one burst. Berry was better down after down. Considering that Durham still seems hobbled by his ankle, it will be up to Berry to give the struggling running game achance to break out against the Aggies.

DJ Chester

It will help Berry and Nussmeier’s cause if Chester can actually block some people, giving time for Nuss to throw and for the running backs to find some holes. Chester has become the poster child for all that ails the LSU offensive line, and that is to a sizable degree unfair.All the junior from Conyers, Georgia, has done is whatever the LSU coaches have asked him to do. That includes giving up his starting center position to Virginia Tech transfer Braelin Moore. Instead he has started at guard, spelled Moore when he was injured and now is filling in for an injured Tyree Adams at left tackle. Maybe it’samistake for LSU to put him there, though the coaches are banking on his experience. Chester maybemiscast in this role, but you can’tsay he isn’tgiving it his all.

Harold Perkins

The fourth-year linebacker had one of the worst games of his career at Vandy.Perkins recorded four tackles, but he repeatedly took bad angles at

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BY MIKE FITZPATRICK AP baseball writer

NEW YORK Trey Yesavage and Roki Sasaki are barely babes in the woods when it comes to Major League Baseball experience.

That makes their postseason successeven more impressive.

Bothinthe minors last month, Yesavage and Sasaki aresuddenly two of the most important pitchers in the World Series asthe Toronto Blue Jays take on the reigning champion Los Angeles Dodgers beginning Friday night.

Neither one has turned 24 yet or appeared in morethan 17 bigleague games.

“It’sremarkable, really.You’re talking about abig stage,” Blue Jays manager John Schneider said during the playoffs when asked about several rookies excelling this October.“Ithink players have kind of been developed alittle bit differently over the past handful of years, and I think that they probably exude alittle bit more confidence at a youngage.”

The 22-year-old Yesavage, a first-rounddraftpickbyToronto in July 2024 from East Carolina, rocketed through four minorleague levels this season. He struck out 160battersin98innings combined at Dunedin, Vancouver, New Hampshire and Buffalo before making his major-leaguedebut Sept. 15 with the Blue Jays in aheated pennant race.

“Every stop of the way,I learnedsomething new,” Yesavagesaid.

The right-hander from Pennsylvania went 1-0 witha3.21 ERA in three outings totaling 14 innings, then found himself on the mound againstAaron Judge and the New York Yankees as the No. 2starter in the Toronto playoff rotation.

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Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Roki Sasaki reactsafter theDodgers defeated the Philadelphia Phillies in Game 1ofthe National League Division Series on Oct. 4inPhiladelphia.

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Andifitworks, you go for it.”

“If you’re up there worried about thehitterand his talent,you’renot going to execute how you want to.”

fewest in postseason history for astarting pitcher facing elimination.His two playoffwins eclipse his total at Double-A and Triple-A combined.

Next,he’ll start Game 1ofthe World Series against the powerhouse Dodgers.

Back in spring training, hardly anyone anticipated Yesavage reaching themajorsthisseason, but much was expected of the 23-year-old Sasaki after his ballyhooed arrival from Japan.

Atantalizing starter in his home country,hebegan the season in Los Angeles’ rotation but struggled to adjust and throw strikes. Sasaki looked sadand teary-eyed in the dugoutafter arough Dodger Stadium debut, and he went 1-1 with a4.72 ERA in eight starts before landing on theinjured list in May witha right shoulder impingement

Afterall that hype, Sasaki almost became an afterthought. Five rehab starts with Triple-A Oklahoma City yielded unimpressive results —but then he came out of the bullpen twice in the minors and something clicked.

The right-hander finally rejoined the Dodgers on Sept. 24, made twoterrific relief appearances and quickly found himself closing playoff games, stabilizingasuspect LosAngelesbullpen with his 100 mph fastball.

“As astarter,I understand that there’salways ups and downs. So, Ikind of take that sameapproach with pitching as areliever,”Sasaki said through atranslator after saving Game 3ofthe NLCS against Milwaukee.

LSU LB Weeksdoubtful to play againstAggies

LSU junior linebacker WhitWeeks has not been able to practice this week and is doubtful for Saturday’s matchup against TexasA&M, LSU coach Brian Kelly said Thursday The star linebacker has been dealing with abone bruise on his ankle sincethe Tigers’ loss to Ole Miss in Week 5.

Besides Weeks, Kelly confirmed defensive tackle Bernard Gooden and edge rusher Jimari Butler are probable on Saturday Gooden missed last week’s game against Vanderbilt witha bruised collarbone. Butler also sat out last Saturday’strip to Nashville due to an ankle injury Edge rusherGabrielReliford (rotator cuff) and offensive linemanTyreeAdams (ankle)are out forthe game.

Ex-LSU gymnastFinnegan in world championships

JAKARTA, Indonesia Former LSU gymnast Aleah Finnegan competed this week in the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships. Finnegan, 22, who completed her senior year at LSU in April, represented the Philippines as she did in the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Finnegan competed Tuesday in Subdivision 7ofthe women’s qualification round. She finished second on uneven bars and third on balance beam, floor andvault, but did not advance to Thursday’sall-around final or any of the individual apparatus finals. The 2024 NCAA floor champion, Finnegan won43career individual events at LSU. Hereight perfect 10 scores is tied for fourth in program history

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USF women’s coachleaving for WNBA

TAMPA, Fla. SouthFlorida women’sbasketball coach Jose Fernandez, who ledthe Bulls to unprecedented successduring his quarter-century tenure, is leaving fora WNBA head coaching opportunity, reportedly with the Dallas Wings. Various media outlets were reporting Thursday that Fernandez, 53, was closing in on adeal to coach the struggling franchise, which fired first-year coach Chris Koclanes after a10-34 season. In astatement releasedbythe university,USF athletic director Rob Higgins called the news “a bittersweet moment forour program.” Michele Woods-Baxter,Fernandez’s assistant thelast17seasons,will serve as interim coach thisseason.

How didYesavagehandle such pressure?Featuring adominant splitterfrom his unusually high release point, he set afranchise postseason recordbystriking out 11 in 51/3 hitless inningstoearn a AL Division Series win.

“You’ve got to treat it like you’re in control andyou’re confident in your own stuff,”Yesavagesaid.

“You have to kind of look at what the stuff is doing in real time,” Schneider said. “Will this work?

Twoweekslater,apoised Yesavage escaped bases-loaded jams in consecutive innings by inducing double-playgrounders against Seattle in Game 6ofthe American League Championship Series. He took ashutout into the sixth inning of a6-2 win that extended Toronto’sseason. Yesavage’s three career regular-season appearances werethe

Sasaki has a1.13 ERA in seven Octoberoutings covering eight innings. He is thefirst pitcher to earn each of his first threecareer saves in the postseason sincesaves became an official statisticin1969.

“His growth has been certainly notlinear,”Dodgersmanager Dave Roberts said. “For himto kind of self-reflect,get healthy and put himself back on the radar for our2025 ball club speaks to his fight.”

BY BETH HARRIS AP sportswriter

Freddie Freeman is returning to his family roots whenthe Los Angeles Dodgers open defense of their World Series championship against the Blue Jays in Toronto on Friday

The All-Star first baseman’s parents are from the province of Ontario; father Fred is from Windsor and late mother Rosemary was from Peterborough, about 85 miles northeast of Toronto.

“Every time Igoback there,” Freemansaid,“Ifeela little bit closer to my mom.”

Freeman was born in the Orange County city of Fountain Valleyafter hisfamily relocatedto California because of his father’s work. He was 10 whenhis 47-yearold mother died of melanoma —the most dangerous type of skin cancerbecause of its ability to spreadtoorgans— in 2000. Freeman wears long sleeves under hisjerseyduring games as asilent tribute to her as well as to protect himself from the cancer that runs in the family

“I’d rather be hot for afew hours than go through chemotherapy,” he told ESPN in 2023. Freeman holds dual U.S.-Canadian citizenship,and he choseto play for his mother’shomecountry in the World Baseball Classic in 2023 and 2017.

“I was 8years old and we were

at an Angels game,” Freeman told ESPN. “I was eatingpopcorn and the Canadian national anthem is playing and I’m sitting. (Then)it felt like someone just ripped me up. It felt likeIwas just hanging anditwas my mom(whopulled me out of my seat).It’sthose little things that Iremember.”

There’susually an envelope waiting in Freeman’s locker in Toronto, too.

“It’s always like athird cousin has found photos in their garage and they bring themtome,” he said.

Freeman’sfather will be on hand at Rogers Centre for Game 1, just as hewas last year at Dodger Stadium.That’swhenthe younger Freemangavehis dadand Dodger fans alifelongmemory, belting a walk-off grand slam in the Series opener Ajubilant Freeman ran over to find his dad in the front row and they touchedthroughthe protective netting. He wasnamed Series MVP after the Dodgers defeated the NewYorkYankees for their eighth world title.

Freemancarriedthe Dodgers last fall, especially against the Yankees. His struggles in these playoffs have been offset by outstanding startingpitching. He is batting .231 with one homerun and five RBIsinnine postseason games. His 11 strikeouts in 39 atbatsare higher thanhis playoff career average. “He’scertainlyseeing some really good pitching,” manager

ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE PHOTO By ASHLEy LANDIS Los Angeles Dodgers first basemanFreddie Freeman walks on the field withhis father,Fred Freeman, before agameagainst the San Francisco Giants on June 18, 2023, in Los Angeles.

Dave Roberts said. “He’scertainly not pleased withperformance up to this point, but everytime he gets in thebox,I feelgood.I expect him to really have anice Series.”

The Dodgers are back in the WorldSeries for the fifth time in nine years.The Blue Jaysare appearing forthe first time since winningback-to-back titles in 1992 and ‘93. “When youhaveawhole coun-

try that’sbehind oneteam, that’spretty amazing,” Freeman said.“To just seethe city come together and get to experience so much jubilation, it’sanexcitingtime.” Freeman was afavorite amongCanadian fans during his World BaseballClassic appearances. “I’m notsosurethe Blue Jays fans will be cheering formethis time around,” he said.

WRs McLaurin, Samuel practice for Commanders

ASHBURN,Va. Wide receivers Terry McLaurinand DeeboSamuel returned to practice forthe Washington Commanders on Thursday, but coach Dan Quinn confirmed that quarterback JaydenDaniels will miss theteam’s game against the Kansas City Chiefs.

McLaurin sat outthe past four games after injuring his quadriceps muscle on acatch in Week 3, while Samuel missed Sunday’s4422 loss to the Dallas Cowboys with aheel problem that had bothered him for awhile but hadn’tprevented him from playing until now Afterpractice,Samuelsaidthe heel was “kind of nagging alittle bit last week”but was “not an issue” on Thursday Untilthisprolonged absence, McLaurin had appeared in 72 consecutive regular-season games for the Commanders; he hadn’tmissed one since late in the 2020 season.

Hardaway adds longtime NBA assistant to staff MEMPHIS,Tenn.— Memphis coach Penny Hardaway added longtimeNBA assistant Roy Rogersasanassistant to fill out his staff forthis season. Hardaway also brought in Josh Townsend as the Tigers’ new directorofscouting in additions announced Thursday Rogerswasafirst-roundNBAdraft pick in 1996 by thethen-Vancouver Grizzlies out of Alabama. He spent the past four seasons as an assistant coach for the PortlandTrailBlazers. Healsohasbeenanassistantwiththe Clippers, Chicago, Houston, Washington,Brooklyn,DetroitandBoston. This willbeRogers’ first time coaching in the college ranks. He joinsa staff that includes Mike Davis andJermaine Johnson. Hardaway also added Darrell Brown Jr.asdirector of player development and KristanKelly as director of basketball operationsthissummer

Yesavage

BlitzcracksRattler forfirsttimein2025

BY LUKE JOHNSON AND MATTHEW PARAS Staff writers

The New Orleans Saintspicked abad time to struggle against the blitz.

The Chicago Bears blitzed Spencer Rattler on eight of his 36 drop backs last week, according to Next Gen Stats. Four of those eight resulted in negative plays, with Rattler throwing two interceptionsand taking two sacks.

Now consider the fact thatPro Bowl center Erik McCoy was lost for the season against the Bears, then consider who is comingtotown this weekend.

Under the direction of head coach and defensive play-caller Todd Bowles,not only do theTampa Bay Buccaneers send extra pressure at one of the highest rates in the NFL, they are highlysuccessful when they do.

“Continuous stress on youmentally,”Saintscoach Kellen Moore said. “Just from athreat of pressure, a threat of multiple looks.(Bowles is) going to apply aton of pressure on you…and he’snot afraidtobe aggressive, challenge youina lot of situations.

“There’snot alot of easyyards. You’ve got to earn everything.”

The Buccaneers have blitzed opposingquarterbacks on 34% of their drop backs this season, the sixth-highest rateinthe NFL, per Next Gen Stats. They are pressuring quarterbacks on 52.1% of their drop backswhen blitzing, which is the highest rate in the NFL.

Though he did connect on two explosive passes against Chicago blitzes,Rattlerhad extended troubles against extra pressure for the first time this season. Going into that game, he had completed 32 of 46 attempts for 305 yards with three touchdowns and zero interceptionsagainst the blitz, good for a109.4 passer rating.

To bounce back against Tampa Bay,Rattler will have to do so without McCoy

“You hate to see Erikgo down, but we’ve got Luke (Fortner),who’s played alot of games… we trust him,” Rattler said.“Justseeing pressures, communicating —our communication has got to be great.

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might receive if it wantedtomove on.

DE CamJordan

Moving on from Jordan seems highly unlikely given what he means to the franchise, as well as cap complications that would come from moving his deal. Therewas apointlast season when thepass rusher admitted to Sports Illustrated he had wanted atrade, but he and the franchisehave patched things up. Still, CBS Sportsinsider Jonathan Jones mentioned Jordanasa possibletrade candidate, which is why he’sonthis list

What the Saints could get:There’s no great precedent for trading 35-year-old pass rushers, but 32-year-old Za’Darius Smithand a2026 seventh-round pick fetched a2025 fifth-round pick and a2026 sixth-round pick in last year’s Browns-Lions trade. The Saints love their seventh-for-a-sixth swaps, so maybe that’sthe range. But then why evendoit?

WR BrandinCooks

Cooks knows athing or two about trades, as he’sbeen dealt four times in his eight-year career With only 127 yardson14catches, the wide receiver may not be an obviouscandidate to be dealt, but the NFL Network reported he is among the list ofSaints “expected to be or have been the subject of trade calls.” Dealing Cooks would free up playing time for Devaughn Vele, who has somehow played only 103 snaps since the Saints acquired him in August fora fourth- andseventhround pick. What the Saints could get:Cooks isn’tlikely to fetch the same level of compensation he did when he was last traded in 2023,with the Cowboys sending afifth- and sixth-round pick to the Texans. But the last few deadlines have featured several teams giving up

We’ve got to be hot afew times this game,sowe’ve got to get our completions, we’ve got to get the ball out when they’re pressuring.”

Injury report

Three playersmissed practice for theSaints on Wednesday Aday later,theywereall back.

Chris Olave (ankle), Chase Young (illness) and AlontaeTaylor (personal) returned to practice Thursday,easing concerns aboutthe possibility of them missingSunday’sgame.

Olave was listedaslimited,while Young and Taylor were fullparticipants.

TheSaints also had near-perfect attendance for the afternoon session, with defensive tackle Davon Godchaux (rest) the only player who sat out. The Saints have rested Godchaux on most Thursdays this season as part ofa maintenance plan.

Tight end JuwanJohnson (neck) no longerworea rednoncontactjersey after doing so Wednesday,but he wasstill listed as alimited participant.

FaithinGrupe

The Saints have remained stead-

alate-roundpicktotakeaflyer on areceiver, such as theDetroit Lions sending asixth-round pick to the Cleveland Browns in 2023 for Donovan Peoples-Jones

GDillon Radunz

Teams are always looking for interior line depth, which explains whyRadunz wasnamed by the NFL Network as someoneto watch for theSaints. Signedto aone-year deal this offseason, the27-year-old startedthe first twogames at left guardbefore Trevor Penning returnedtothe lineup. Even if Radunz draws interest, the Saints might notbe able to part with offensive line depthafter Erik McCoy’sseasonending injury

What the Saints could get: NewOrleans’ deal for tackleAsimRichards serves as atemplate. The Cowboys includedRichardsand a 2028 seventh-round pick fora 2028 sixth-round pick.

LB Pete Werner

Arethe Saints already preparing for lifewithoutWerner? Overthe last twoweeks, the Saints have taken the linebacker off the field so that rookie Danny Stutsman could play afew series. TradingWerner would be the logical next step —ifthe Saintscan get somethingfor him. Theysigned him to athree-year,$22.5 million extension last season, so trading himwould result in $1.7millionin dead money this season and then leave almost$5.8 million on the books next season because of his signing bonusand recent restructures. The fifth-year linebacker hasn’t had along history of production: His two sacks thisyear are acareer-high.

What the Saints could get: Last year, theSeattle Seahawks tradedlinebackerJerome Baker anda 2025 fourth-round pick and acquired linebackerErnest Jones from the Tennessee Titans. The Saints unlikely would want aplayer at the same position, but the draft capital could set anice precedent.

Losing Evansthe player andleaderisacrushing blow forthe Buccaneers

BY ROBMAADDI AP pro football writer

TAMPA, Fla. TheimageofMike Evans downonthe turf,knocked out andmotionless wasjarring for teammates, coaches and fans of the TampaBay Buccaneers. Hisimpressive streak of 11 straight 1,000-yardreceiving seasons is going to endbecause of the broken clavicle he sustained Monday night in aloss at Detroit. Evans also gotaconcussionon the same play,trying to make a leaping grab like the ones he’s madethroughout aremarkable career Rookie wideout Emeka Egbuka knelt over Evans in prayer.Others did the same on the field, on their couches at home, wherever they were watching the game. Once the severity of Evans’ injury becameknown, it was clear he wouldnot extend his unprecedented streak.Nootherplayer hasstarted their career with 11 consecutive seasonswith1,000 yards receiving. Only Jerry Rice had 11 straight at any point. But the biggest concern,of course, is forEvans the person. He’s belovedinthe locker room and community

to return foraplayoffrun. The Buccaneers are 5-2 and going for afifthstraight NFCSouth title.

“The combination of things between the (clavicle) and the head,heisgoing through it a little bit right now,but he will be allright,”Baker Mayfield said.

“He is as tough as they come, especially mentally.Heismade for it,but we knowitisalongseason He is going to heal up and hopefullybethere forthe end of the year and playoffpush.”

Evans missedthree games with ahamstring injury before returning to play against the Lions. The 32-year-old, six-time Pro Bowl pick is aleader among atalented receiving corps that’s been decimated by injuries. Veteran Chris Godwinreturned in Week 4after missing 11 months following ankle surgery only to go downwith afibula injury after playing two games. JalenMcMillan hasn’t played since the preseason because of aneck injury

“Weare going to have to find ways to fill the shoes that (he left),” Mayfield said. “Ittakes everybody at thatpoint because it is Mike Evans.”

fast in their commitment to Blake Grupe,and that didn’tchange after the kicker misseda longattempt last week against the Bears. Grupepushed his lone attempt wide right of theuprights from 53 yards out, but when asked about whether there was any growing concernafter themiss, special teams coordinator Phil Galiano said“we’re exactly where we were after the New England game” when Grupewent4 for 4. Theconditions were far from ideal in Chicago, playing on awet surface withstrong gustsofwind. Galiano said thediscussion about that onemissed chance would be different had it not been for Grupe’sfive previous misses this season. “You go out there in Chicago and it’s53(yards) and thewind gusts right before the field goal happened, you brush it off,”Galiano said. “But because of the prior misses before that, it’sgoing to be discussedmore. But we’re comfortable with where he’sat.”

Grupe is now 14 of 20 on fieldgoal attemptsthis season. Three of his six misses have comefrom 50-plus yards.

LB DemarioDavis

Such amove would make sense only if the Saints want to help Davis chasea ring. At 36, Davis is stillplaying arelatively high level of football, andthe SanFrancisco 49ershave amassive need at linebacker withAll-Pro Fred Warner (ankle) done forthe season. Areunionwith former coach Sean Payton in Denveralso could be agood fit.But unlessDavis wants out, or some team offersaking’sransom, thetwo-time Pro Bowler likely will stay put. What the Saints couldget: Like with Jordan, there aren’ta lot of trades for 36-year-old linebackers. But let’slook at the last trade between the49ers and theSaints.In2021, the Saints sent Kiko Alonso to the 49ersinexchange for Kwon Alexanderand aconditional fifth-round pick. Would aconditional fourth be enough?

CB AlontaeTaylor Taylor’sname popped up in a recentESPN article with the BuffaloBills, Seattle Seahawksand Dallas Cowboys listedaspotential fits. The 26-year-old is in acontract year,soifthe Saintscan’tfinalize an extension, it would make sense to gauge the marketand get areturn before he departs. Jeremy Fowler of ESPN wrote theSaints would considermoving on if they received astrong offer.Trading Taylorwould hurt the secondary this season. What the Saints could get:The generoushaulthatNew Orleansreceived for MarshonLattimore last year is probably unrealistic.But Taylor likely would qualify as acompensatoryfree agent,which would still put his cost somewhere between a third- or fourth-round pick.The Chiefs received athird-round pick and swapped seventh-rounders when they traded L’Jarius Sneed to the TennesseeTitans. TheSaints also traded Bradley Robyfor a third anda sixth in 2022.

DE Carl Granderson

Anonymous league executives

“When any one of the guys goesdown,it’sa problem. The fact that it’ssuch adecorated guy,there’smore to it, but he would tell youthe same —weall feel the sameway when somebody goes down,” coach Todd Bowles said.“It’s crushing considering whathe’sdone for the team, what he’s done forthe league, what he’sdone, period. That’shardtoswallowwhenyou seesomebody that works that hard and goes through all that andhas all those accolades go down when he just came back. That was just part of it.”

Evansisa four-timeNFL Walter Payton Man of The Year nomineefor the work he does along withhis wife, Ashli, throughtheir foundation, which empowers youth, encourages education and stands againstdomesticviolence.

Fans immediately began donating to the Mike Evans Family Foundation after thegame. More than 800peoplegave$16,000in the36hours after he got hurt.

“He does everything,” Bowles said. “He does alot forthis city.” It’s beendifficult forEvans to process thelatestsetback,but theteamhopes he can recover

told The WashingtonPostthatthis year’sdeadline will center on pass rushers. If that’sthe case, will teams come calling on Granderson? His 41/2 sacksrank15thin the NFL, though he’scooled off in recentweeks and has aquarterback pressure rate of only 10.7%. Granderson’splaying timehas dippedsinceChase Young’sreturn. Alsoworking in his favor, Granderson is durable. He hasn’t missedagamesince 2022. What theSaintscould get: The pricetag for pass rushers varies greatly.Young was dealt from the Washington Commanders to the49ers in 2023 fora conditional third-round pick. Washington also received asecond-round pick from theBears for Montez Sweat. But Granderson doesn’thave their athleticism, perhaps putting his rangesomewhere betweenthe Young deal and last year’sdeal for Za’Darius Smith (a 2025 fifth and a 2026 sixth).

WR Rashid Shaheed

Like Taylor,Shaheed is in a contract year.Anexcellent deep threat, Shaheed’sspeed should attract many teams. His stats per game are alittle down this season, though he still has shownexplosiveness. Shaheed would make sense forclubs suchasthe Seattle Seahawks(withformer Saints coordinator Klint Kubiak), Kansas City Chiefs andPittsburgh Steelers. What the Saints could get: TheSaints’ package for Vele —a fourth and a seventh —seemslike areasonable compfor Shaheed.But the fan base might erupt if the Saints couldn’t get more than that, given they’re already frustrated withhow little Vele hasplayed.Philadelphia’s deal for Jahan Dotson might be a better deal: The Commanders sent thewide receiver anda 2025 fifth to Philadelphia in exchange for a 2025 fifth andtwo seventh-rounders.

RB AlvinKamara Kamara has madeitclear he doesn’twanttobetraded, threat-

Egbuka,who is dealing witha hamstring injury of his own,is having aspectacular rookie season. He leads all rookie receivers in receiving yards (527), receiving touchdowns (five) and receptions (31). TezJohnson, aseventhround draft pick, hasscored atouchdown in consecutive games. KameronJohnson’s first NFLcatch was aTDtwo weeks ago. Veteran Sterling Shepard is clutch. Ryan Miller had aTDreception in Week 2.

“Devastatedtosee Mike go down,” TezJohnson said. “He is aleader in the room.Weknow we are all going to stand behind him,praying forhim and his family during this time because this is ahard timefor him. He hada lotatstake forthis seasonand alot that he wanted to accomplish. As his teammates, we are going to continuelift him up andmoveforward andjust play,keeping him in mind every time.”

Evans is scheduledtobecome afree agent after the season and he had talked about the possibility of retirement before his injury.Now,his future is uncertain except forabronze bust and gold jacket from the Pro Football Hall of Fame downthe road.

ening to retire if he is dealt. And Loomis is likely to respect that wish, given the running back’simpact on the franchise. But if things weretosomehow change, or the Saints decided to be ruthless and deal Kamaraanyway, it’s easy to see the running back having several suitors. Kamara is averaging only 3.6 yards per carry and isn’tnearly involved in the passing gameashe once was, but he’d be astrong fit forany of thethree contenders in the AFC West.

What the Saints could get: ApostcardfromHawaii? Kamara said that he’d drink piña coladas from abeachsomewhereifhewere traded. That probably doesn’thelp his trade value. The league perceptiononrunning backsisalsohard to factor,but the Eagles sent a fourth and aseventh to the Detroit Lions two yearsago forrunning back D’Andre Swift and aseventhround pick.

WR ChrisOlave

Extendhim or tradehim? The Saints face afascinating crossroads with Olave. While he has another year on his contract, Olave confirmed there have been conversations about anew deal. Buthe also said the Saints have kept him informed about apossible trade. Olave looks like he’srounding into form, and he’slikely the Saints’ mostvaluable asset.

Trading Olave would hurt in the short term, particularly as the Saints evaluate their quarterback situation. But plenty of teams could use areceiver,and Olave might be the best oneonthe market. Whatthe Saints couldget: The Lattimorehaul —athird, afourth and asixthfor Lattimore anda fifth —iscertainly onetowatch.But the ChicagoBearsalso gave up a second-round pick afew years ago forChase Claypool.Thattrade was ahuge bust forthe Bears, but New Orleanswouldn’tbeblamedfor seeking something similar, even with Olave’slengthy injury history

ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO By ERINHOOLEy

NewOrleans Saints quarterback Spencer Rattlergets hit by Chicago BearssafetyKevin Byard on Sunday in Chicago. Rattlers struggled against the blitzing Bears defense.

THE VARSITYZONE

St.Charles to host 7-0Belle Chasse

John Curtis-Jesuit, Easton-Karramong

othertop matchups

BY CHRISTOPHER DABE Staff writer

Districtraces areintensifying.

These are some of the top New Orleans area prepfootball games for Week 8.

BelleChasseatSt. Charles

The winner here will have a chance to playfor thedistricttitle when it faces Shaw in the coming weeks.

Belle Chasse is 7-0 forthe second year in arow butwill face its toughest challenge yet against St. Charles, which beat BelleChasse 14-13 lastseason. This is adominant Belle Chasse team that has averaged 53 pointsper game and allowed atotalof32points for the season. The Cardinals have posted four shutouts.

St. Charles (6-1) is much improved from when it had afiveyear run of reaching thestate final snapped as it posted alosing record last season. The lone losscame on a last-play touchdown by St. Jamesto end regulation.

Reigning state champion Shaw, set to face Kenner Discovery this week, is the other district frontrunner.The Eagles will face Belle Chasse in Week 9and St. Charles in Week 10.

John Curtis vs.Jesuit

Undefeated JohnCurtis (6-0) hasone game remaining before the anticipated showdown against undefeated Karr (7-0) in agame that could decide the District 9-5A championship. But the Patriots cannot look beyond Jesuit thisweek after the Blue Jays defeated Curtis 17-10 last season.

Jacobi Boudreaux ran forhis third touchdown and freshman

Jaden Turner intercepted apass to the endzonetohelp Curtis seal its 38-24 win against Brother Martin last week

Jesuitiscoming off a41-0 loss to Karr but has otherwise played competitively asthe Blue Jaysawaitthe return of their senior starting quarterback from athumbinjury

The teams will play 7p.m. Friday at TheShrineonAirline.

Warren Easton vs.EdnaKarr

Top-ranked Karr has won the past 13 meetings on thefield against Easton,not counting the 2022 game that was later ruledaforfeit by the LHSAA. Karr won 62-16 lastseason.

Karr has astate-best 20-game winning streak that includes the Division Iselect state final last season. The Cougarsare 24-1indistrict gamessince theyjoinedDistrict 9-5A in 2022. Easton (3-4) is 0-11 in district

games in the two seasonssince the

Eagles joined 9-5A.They were tied with Holy Cross in thefourth quarter lastweek and lost.

The teams will play 7p.m. Friday at Morris F.X. Jeff Sr.Park. Rummel vs.HolyCross

Ke’Rynn Smith ranfor 214 yards andscoredsix touchdowns (four rushing,two receiving)asHoly Cross (4-3, 1-3) snapped athreegame losing streak andwon adistrictgamefor the first time this season by defeatingEaston 42-29 last week.

Rummel (4-3, 2-2) commonly leans on standout running backs Jaden Terranceand Coryan Hawkins but struggled to get much going in aloss against Holy Cross last week.

Rummel won 13-7 lastseason.The teams will play 7p.m. Friday at Tad Gormley Stadium.

MCApulls away from rivalChapellein3-1 win

BY ANDREW VALENTI Contributing writer

Chapelle looked to haveall the momentum after taking thesecond setagainst rival Mount Carmel in aDistrict 8-I match on Thursday But the Cubs were able to pull away and take the final two sets by riding abalanced scoring attack to win 25-20, 21-25, 25-20, 25-14 at home.

“I think we did areally good job of picking our energy up after they won that set,” said junior Lila Franovich, who paced her team with 18 kills “Wewere really just focusingonhaving positiveenergy and winningthe match even with all the momentum they had and the fans that cameto support them.”

Four MountCarmel players had double-digit kills. Annabelle LaBure had 17 kills, Gabby Locascio added 15 and AlexComeaux chipped in 14. Sarah Clement dished out 57 assists, and Mia Lopez scooped33digs.

Thewin forMount Carmel (33-3, 5-1) ends districtplay with the Cubs,Dominican and Chapellehaving one win against each other.Chapelle beat Dominican on Oct. 9, and Dominican downed Mount Carmel on Oct. 15.

“Wereally just talked aboutjustdoing what we have to do to finish the game,”Mount Carmel coach Taylor Ricaud said. “Wehad to focus on our sideand not worry about the atmosphere they brought to the gym. Our middle blockers really came alive tonight, and for us to be successful, we’ve got to get them involved.” Chapelle (21-14, 5-1) took the lead forgood in the second set at 16-15 after akill by Lilly Weaver.Victoria McCann was the main catalyst on offense for theChipmunks in the set and for the match with her thunderous killsinto the open areas of the court.

STAFF PHOTO By CHRIS GRANGER

Mount Carmel’sAlexandraComeaux,center,leapstoreturn theball towardChapelle’sChloe Arnold,left, and Victoria McCann on ThursdayatMount Carmel.

The outsidehitterled her team with 25 kills. Chapelle would slowly put some distance between the two teamstotakethe set

Mount Carmel responded by opening thethird setona 6-0 run capped off by ablock off thehandsofAllie Steele. Chapelle inched within 8-5 but could not trim the margintolessthanthree points for theremainder of theset. TheCubs lead swelled by as many as six points at12-6, and Mount Carmelcruised for the rest of theset

The Chipmunks keptit close early in thefourth set, but the Cubs took control andpulled ahead to eventually win thematch Blythe Bonnaffons had 51

assists for Chapelle, andAva Landry and Avah Gilchrist paced thedefensive effort with22and 21 digs, respectively

“I told thegirls that I’m notdisappointedinhow we played,” Chapelle coach Jodee Pulizzano said. “I thought we played very well for the mostpart. Defensively,wedidn’tdig as many balls as we usually do, and we really needed that. The strength of this team is the grit and the hustle.”

With the regular season winding down,Mount Carmelisthe top-ranked team in thelatestDivisionI power ratings, and Chapelle is No. 11. The LHSAA releases the playoff pairings on Nov.3

CountryDay at SouthPlaquemines

Country Day is riding afourgame winning streak as quarterback Hudson Wright has thrown for nearly 1,800 yards and 30 touchdowns over the past five games. Reigning DivisionIVnonselect state champion returned Roderick Parker as afifth-year starter at quarterback.The lone loss this seasoncame against undefeated rival Belle Chasse.South Plaquemines won 28-7 when theteams met last season The winner will contend with Newman for the district title over thecoming weeks. Newman will face Country Day in Week 9and SouthPlaquemines in Week 10.

Contact Christopher Dabe at cdabe@theadvocate.com

STAFFFILE PHOTOByBRETT DUKE

The St.Charles Catholic Cometsrun

Freshman Johnson shines in LSU’swin

Forwardscores 25 in Tigers’routof Mississippi College

BY REED DARCEY Staff writer

When the LSU women’sbasketball team landed four of the nation’stop 35 recruits,itknew that it’d likelyhavetocount on most of thosesigneesearly in theircareers. On Thursday,one of those highly ratedfreshmen reassured the No. 5Tigers that she’dbe ready for alarge role this season. ZaKiyah Johnson, afive-star forward from Kentucky, scoreda gamehigh 25 points on 12-of-14 shooting and grabbed 10 rebounds in a148-46 exhibition win over MississippiCollege —the first of two tune-ups LSU willplay beforeits season tips off on Nov. 4. Johnson didn’tstart the game against theChoctaws.Instead Mulkey slotted areturner and two newcomers next to star guards Flau’jaeJohnson andMikaylah Williams in her starting lineup. Sophomore Jada Richard ran the point. East Carolina transfer Amiya Joyner,a senior forward, played in the post next to sophomore Kate Koval —a 6-foot-5 transfer from Notre Dame.

MiLaysia Fulwiley,the star

transfer guard from SouthCarolina, entered the exhibition off thebench halfway through the first quarter, then energized the Tigers with afew dazzlingplays —just like she did in thetwo seasons she spent with herhometown Gamecocks.

Williams found an earlyrhythm. She drained each of her first fieldgoal tries, then finishedher night with 16 points andseven assists on 6-of-10 shooting.

Along with LSU’sother guards, Williams also made sure to involve thetwo newcomers in the frontcourt. Joyner muscled her way to 15 points and 7rebounds.

Koval used her height and length to score 14 points andpull down 10 rebounds.

Allfive of the Tigers’ freshmen played at least 10 minutes, exceptfor Grace Knox,the forward who fouledout late in the thirdquarter after scoring only four points.

But none of themlooked more comfortable than ZaKiyahJohnson —the 6-foot wing who’s beginning hercareer as apost player.

Johnsonchecked in to the game at 5:48 mark of thefirst quarter, then quicklyscoredher firstpoints. First, she grabbeda rebound off the defensive glass and decided she’d start afast break herself. After aspinmove, adrive down the laneand aeuro step through contact,Johnson banked in alayup over asmaller Mississippi College defender

Then Johnson started working in thepost. Aquick seal on the low block positioned her to receive apass from Williams, then take one power dribble into an open righthanded layup.

Johnson also scored pointsin transition,suchasthe first-quartersequence in whichshe ran down thefloor in time to collect aquick no-look dish from Fulwiley. That fast-break chance, like many others throughout the night, turnedinto an easybucket for LSU.

The Tigers scored 30 points off Mississippi College’s 25 turnovers and added 22 pointsonthe fast break. Overall, theyconverted 68% of their shots and assisted 29 of their58field-goalmakes.The Choctaws shot just 25%from the field.

Fulwiley finished with17 points,4assists and4 rebounds after she converted 7ofher 12 field-goal triesand 2ofher 6 three-point attempts. Flau’jae Johnsonhad aquieter night. She tallied only 8pointson4of7 shooting.

LSU next will host itssecond andfinal exhibition contest at 7p.m. next Thursday against Langston. Its first regular-season opponent is Houston Christian.

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mobile Commodores quarterback Diego Pavia, allowinghim to break containment time and again. With fellow linebacker Whit Weeks likely sidelined again with an ankle injury,Perkins’ role in trying to corral another shifty quarterback, Marcel Reed, will be critical to the Tigers’ hopes of victory AaronAnderson Tight end Trey’Dez Green (five catches for agame-high 74 yards at Vandy) likely will be atop target for Nussmeier.Same for BarionBrown (five catches for 40 yards). But Anderson needs to round back into form after an injury-hampered stretch. Anderson is still LSU’sleading receiver in yards with 323 on 24 catches, but he made only one grab for 18 yards at Vandy and has yet to score atouchdown. Both of those numbers need to go up against theAggies.

PJ Woodland

Texas A&M has astellar pair of receivers in Mario Craver and KC Concepcion who have piled up nearly 1,200 yards and 10 touchdowns. That said, they’re still unlikely to test LSU’sstellar cornerback Mansoor Delane very

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where they counted theprofits together,” according to are-

much. That means more pressure and targetsonthe other side for Woodland and freshman backup DJ Pickett. Thedepartureoflittleused corner Ashton Stamps, a former starter,tothe transfer portal makes Woodland’splaymore pivotal.

BlakeBaker

Yes, offensivecoordinator Joe Sloan needs to sharpen his play calling(didwesay theTigers need to cash in for atouchdown when they get to the 1?). But there is going to be justasmuchormore on Baker’sdefense. The Aggies have been prolificonoffense

lease from theDepartmentof Justice. ThePelicansdominatedthat night, earning a115-96 victory withRozier putting up fivepoints andfourreboundsin10minutes of action. BrandonIngram delivered

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much revolves around him,his healthand his matured mindset. So far,sogood.

“Zion has been great,” Dumars said. “I feel good about how everyone has come together to try to right the ship here and get us headed in the right direction.” Zion and the Pels need abig year for aless conspicuous reason.

Pelicans governor Gayle Benson and Gov.Jeff Landry will begin negotiations soon on along-term lease extension at the Smoothie King Center

The deal is expected to include plans to renovate the arena and re-engineer andreimagine the Champions Square entertainmentcomplex. It also likely will include an enticing fringe benefit: another NBAAll-Star Game for New Orleans. Dumars, Williamson and the rest of thePels don’tneed any extra pressure to win, but a successfulseason would make things easier for team officials to get things done in Baton Rouge.

Heaven knows, local sports fans could use something positive to cheer about. The football season hasn’tex-

actly been one to celebrate so far The Saints are 1-6 and headed for another losing season, their fifth consecutive without aplayoff appearance.

LSU is winning, but not nearly as much as fans would like or expect. TheTigers arefoundering in Year 4ofthe Brian Kelly eraand many fans are flummoxed.

Tulane is sitting at 6-1and remains alive in theCollege Football Playoff hunt, but the Green Wave hasnot looked nearly as dominant as year’s past. Tulane is winning, which is atribute to coach Jon Sumrall and his staff, but it won’t be for long unless it starts playing considerably better on both sides of theball.

Like never before, the Pelicans have achance to capture the market, to engage the casual New Orleans sports fan and deliver some much-needed hope and optimism.Likewise, Zion has achance to become the face of New Orleanssports, delivering on the mantle Drew Brees ceded to him several years ago when he retired. The opportunity is there if Zion and the Pelicans can take advantage of it.

Email JeffDuncan at jduncan@ theadvocate.com.

this season, scoring 31 or more pointsineverygame except a 16-10 win againstAuburn. No one reasonably expectsthe LSU offensetogomad for 3840 points;20-25 pointswould be more theTigers’ style. That means it’svitally important for thedefensetohold theAggies in the 20s forLSU to even have achance. With or withoutWeeks (likely without), Baker’sunit must cut down on thebad angles, leaving the middle of the field openfor Reed to run and cover ateam that certainly will test the Tigers more downfield than Vandy did.

atriple-double of 30 points, 11 rebounds and10assiststoleadthe way for thehome team. The Associated Press reports thatpostsstill available online from the day of the game show that some bettors expressedanger

withsportsbooks when it became clear that Rozierwas notgoing to return to thegame.Manyofthose posts saiditappeared something “shady” had taken place related to prop betsonhis stats in the Pelicansgame.

The NBA said it is cooperating with the investigation. “Wetake these allegations with the utmost seriousness, and the integrity of ourgame remains our top priority,” theNBA saidina statement.

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LSU edgerusher Patrick Payton, left, and linebackerHarold Perkins pressure Floridaquarterback DJ Lagway in the second half of the Tigers’20-10 win over the Gators on Sept.13atTiger Stadium

ASSOCIATEDPRESS PHOTOByJOHNRAOUX Pelicans forward ZionWilliamson makes amovetothe basket against Orlando Magic center WendellCarter Jr.during the first halfofa preseason game on Oct. 16 in Orlando, Fla.

STAFF PHOTO By MICHAEL JOHNSON

LSU cornerbackPJWoodland keeps himself inbounds after making the interception against Ole Miss on Sept. 27 at Vaught HemingwayStadium in Oxford, Miss.

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LSU coach Kim Mulkeylooksonagainst MississippiCollegeinan exhibition game on Thursdayatthe Pete MaravichAssembly Center

KreweofBoo!parade, Brews andBoosfor grown-ups,

n NewOrleans’official Halloween parade, THE KREWE OF BOO!, rolls Saturdayat 6:30 p.m. with 14 floats and more than 40 festivegroups —the Rolling Elvi, Muff-ALottas, and Amelia EarHawts, to name afew —all trickedout in dreadful seasonal costumes. Costumed riders will toss candy and snacks along theroute, starting at Elysian Fields Avenue and ending on AndrewHiggins Drive. The ticketed post-parade costume party,the Monster Mash, will beginat8 p.m. at Generations Hall, 310 Andrew Higgins Blvd. kreweofboo.com

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Chris Brown performsOct. 16 at the Caesars Superdome.

ChrisBrown’s Breezy Bowl XX Tour ends with CaesarsSuperdome spectaclefor 45,000 fans

BYKEITH SPERA Staffwriter

Forty-five minutes into his elaborate, sweaty career overview at afull Caesars Superdome, Chris Brown arrived at “Don’t Judge Me,”from his 2012 album “Fortune.” The song’s protagonist asks that his past transgressions be forgiven. That requestcomes witha warning: “Please don’tjudge me and Iwon’t judge you,” Brown sings. “Cause it could get ugly before it getsbeautiful And if you love me, then letit be beautiful.” If Usher is contemporary R&B’s golden boy,Chris Brown is its volatile bad boy.Brown’sextensive historyoflegal entanglements includes aguilty felony pleain2009for assaulting then-girlfriend Rihanna

In May,hewas arrested in England for allegedly smashing atequila bottle over arecord producer’s head in 2023 at aLondon nightclub

He posted amultimillion-dollar bail before launching his Breezy Bowl XX Tour in the Netherlandsthe followingmonth. That stadium tour,marking the 20th anniversary of his recording

Crowds sing along as Chris Brownperforms at the Caesars Superdome.

career,concluded in New Orleans on Oct. 16. Thevast majority of the 45,000 ecstatic fansinside the Superdome seemed more than happy to set asideBrown’spast transgressions and,ashesuggestedin“Don’t Judge Me,” let the night be beautiful. Superdome-size production

Theepic trafficjam that shut down streetsand interstate exits near theSuperdomewasn’tparticularly beautiful. After Brown

was already onstage, fans were still queuing up at the box office topay morethan $100 for aticket. Buteven those arriving late saw and heard plenty of Chris Brown. Followingopening setsbyBryson Tiller and Jhene Aiko, Brown backed by dancers but not musicians —showcased truncated versions of four dozen or so songs during2½ hours onstage, minus short

n Three days of cultural celebration come to Congo Square in Armstrong Park Friday through Sunday for NOLAREGGAEFEST, presented by the Jamaica Tourist Board. There’s livereggae music, dance hallacts,food vendors, artisans and cultural exhibitions celebrating the heritageofthe Caribbean nations. The festruns from 4p.m. to 8p.m. Friday and from noon to 8p.m. Saturday and Sunday nolareggaefest.com.

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Co-starNell Campbell explains why‘TheRocky Horror Picture Show’has endured

BY KEITH SPERA Staff writer

Nell Campbell is amidnight movie icon.

She played the tap-dancing, sequin-wearing groupie Columbia in “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.” Released in 1975 to modest expectations and mediocre reviews, it is now the longest-running theatrical release in cinematic history

“Rocky Horror” is the ultimate cult classic, abizarre and, to some, shockingly sexualized romp starring TimCurry as the “Sweet Transvestite” madscientist Dr.Frank-N-Furter and Susan Sarandon and Barry Bostwick as the hapless couple Janet and Brad. Successive generations of fans continue to costumeas the characters and act out the plot at midnight movie screenings. Campbell is on the road with a show commemorating the 50th anniversary of “Rocky Horror.” She’ll hold court in NewOrleans at the Mahalia Jackson Theatre on Wednesday,Oct. 29. Tickets are still available.

The following interview with Campbell, edited forlength and clarity,isfrom arecent episode of “Let’sTalk with Keith Spera,” which airs on WWNO89.9 FM and WLAE-TV Whydid “Rocky Horror” become such a

By The Associated Press

Today is Friday,Oct. 24, the 297th day of 2025. There are 68 days left in the year

Todayinhistory: On Oct. 24, 1945, the United Nations formally came intoexistence as the Charter of the United Nations, ratified by 51 nations, took effect. The date is now observed as UnitedNationsDay Also on this date:

In 1537, Jane Seymour,the third wife of England’sKing Henry VIII, died 12 days after giving birth to Prince Edward, later King Edward VI.

In 1861, the first transcontinen-

Century Fox distributed it to about three towns in the back of the beyond, then shelved it It was only because aman in the publicity department at Fox took it offthe shelf, looked at it, and thought, “I think this should be screened at midnight at theWaverly TheaterinNew York,” where they had regular midnight screenings of certain films. Anditjust took off from there. It never stopped. We’re into our fourth generation of fans. How lucky am Itobepart of afilm that has had such aprofoundeffect on so many people? Alot of them are lost souls, for various reasons. There are people who are repressed or ashamed of their sexuality,which is ashocking situation, that anyone would be ashamed of what they are.

But particularlyinAmerica, in general,averyconservative country,somany young peoplestill find it difficult to come out to their family.They feel they’re disappointing their parents. Are you kidding? A gay son? Youshould be so lucky It’snot just people’ssexuality. There’sanerdy type of straight guys, it liberates them, too. The number of straight guys I’vemet in fishnets and stilettos it brings them out of their computer games into the wildness and fun.

“Rocky Horror” originated onstage in London in 1973. Richard O’Brien, whoplayed thehunchback Riff Raff in the movie, wrote it as arock musical.Youwere in the original

tal telegraphmessage was sent by Chief Justice Stephen J. Field of California from San Francisco to PresidentAbrahamLincoln in Washington, D.C.

In 1929, amassivesell-off at the opening bell of theNew York StockExchange led to chaos as stockbrokers couldn’tkeep up with trade requests. Though the market recovered some losses by the endofthe day,“Black Thursday” marked thebeginning of the Wall StreetCrash of 1929.

In 1931,the George Washington Bridge, connecting New York City with NewJersey,was dedicated. It was theworld’s longest suspension bridge at the time

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In 1952, Republican presidential candidate Dwight D. Eisenhower vowed to go to Korea as he promised to end the ongoing conflict there. (Eisenhower would indeed visit Korea in December,after winning the election but before his inauguration.)

In 2002, authorities arrested John Allen Muhammad and teenager Lee BoydMalvo near Myersville, Maryland, in the Washington-area sniper attacks that killed 10 people and wounded three that month.(Malvo was later sentenced to life in prison. Muhammad was sentenced to deathand executed in 2009.)

In 2003, aBritish Airways flight

theatrical cast.When you first read the script, did you think it had ashot?

First of all, alot of thescript was beingwritten as we rehearsed. As we went along, the director, Jim Sharman,contributed so much. There would be no “Rocky Horror” without him If Richard O’Brien had given that 12-page scriptand four songs to anyone else, it would have never been thesame. He and Jim hadacreative symbiotic relationship,and with the set designer and costume designer.Together they made this magic. There was no Brad or Janet originally.When Jim would say, “The three servants need tohave asongand aspecial dance,” Richard would gohome and come backthe next day with “The Time Warp.” We witnessed that at least

four times during rehearsals. Initially,wewere performing in thesmallesttheater in London it sat 60 people. Iwas 19 and ecstatic to be cast in aprofessional production. Ithought it would be over in three weeks. Here Iam now,52years later

Wasitahoottobeonthe set of themovie? Absolutely not. Jim Sharman, to the horror and shock of 20th Century Fox, refused their offer to cast all stars in the role. David Bowie, Mick Jagger and others wanted to play Frank-N-Furter.Jim said, “No, Iwant the original stage cast.”

So right away (the studio) shrunk thebudget to $1.2 million, which for amusical is nothing. Andthey gave Jim afive-week shoot and insisted he cast Brad and Janet as Americans. He flew to L.A. (for auditions).

from New York to London marked the final commercial flight of the supersonic Concorde jet.

In 2012, Hurricane Sandy roared across Jamaica and headed towardCuba on its way to theeastern United States; what becameknownasSuperstorm Sandy was acombination of the hurricane andother stormsthat struck NewYork and surrounding areas, killing 147 people, 72 in the eastern U.S.

In 2024, the owner and manager of the cargo ship Daliagreed to pay morethan $102 million in cleanup costs to settle afederal government lawsuit stemming from the2023 collapse of the

Barry Bostwick and Susan Sarandon happened to arrive together He thought they were acouple, thought that was convenient, and cast them.

We shot it at Bray Studios, an hour outside of London. It wasOctober,November,freezing cold, damp. The place was an absolute dump. There was no heating. We didn’teven have chairs to sit on. AndJim brought that film in on budget and on time. Jim captained that ship superbly

Wasita hoot? We were very focused on getting everything done in one or two takes. And we were all too cold to be having ahoot.

Andwith the exception of Charles Gray (who played acriminologist), Ithink Susan was the only person who’d been in afilm before. It was all our first film, which naturally was daunting.

How do we adapt our stage characters to film?Wewere really all finding our way,amidvery good friends.

The musician Meatloaf playedEddie,who comes to atragicend. It seems likehis energyinreal life waspretty similar to his character.Was he just a fireball on set?

He’slike abig baby fireball. I wish he’d been in it more. Meatloaf is so confident and in control in that role. And that soaring, beautiful, clear voice —it’sanangel withajet-fuel engine behind it. He was adarling character Columbia is agroupie.Youalso playeda groupieinthe Pink Floyd movie “TheWall. So “groupie” wasyourspecialty That’stwo groupies in alifetime —that’s not that manygroupies. There’snothing wrong with a

Francis Scott KeyBridge. The Dali had crashed into asupporting column, destroying the 1.6-mile span and killing six members of aroadwork crew

Today’sbirthdays: Rock musician Bill Wyman is 89. Actor F. Murray Abraham is 86. Actor Kevin Kline is 78. Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., is 71. Sen. Jeff Merkley,D-Ore., is 69. Actor B.D.Wong is 65. English soccer manager and former star midfielder Wayne Rooney is

groupie (but) it’snot my predilection. Youhad arole in the Academy Awardwinning “TheKilling Fields,”about the genocide perpetuated by the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia.

Again, blink and you’ll miss me. For that film,I had at least six weeks in Thailand with that fantastic cast. That wasagreat experience. But as usual, Iended up on the cutting room floor

If “Rocky Horror” is the onething you’re remembered for, you’re cool with that? Ishould be so lucky.The devotion people feel to this film,and what it meansespecially to the LGBTQ+ community,and how it has helped so manypeople Ifeel so embraced. Iconsider myself an ambassador to the LGBTQ+ community Imeet thousands of fans.They’re allsothrilledtomeet someone that waspart of afilm that hasaffected them so much. Iconsiderthat a wonderful thingtobepart of.

In the 1980s, you opened anightclub in New York called Nell’s.

My nightclub was THE New York nightclub. We opened in 1986 and wentinto the 1990s. I would perform cabaret there whether they liked it or not. Prince would come by.One night, he performed; Ithought the floor wasgoing to collapse. Whenyou did cabaret, did youdoitin costume as Columbia?

Oh, God, no. Iwas never Columbia again. But Columbia is always in my heart.

Email KeithSpera at kspera@ theadvocate.com.

40. Singer Monica Arnold is 45. Fashion designer Zac Posen is 45. Singer-rapper Drake is 39. Actor Ashton Sanders is 30. NBAAllStar Jaylen Brownis29. Actor Hudson Yang is 22.

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The cast of ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show’ included,clockwise from left, Nell Campbell(Columbia), Patricia Quinn (Magenta) and TimCurry (Dr Frank-N-Furter).

breaks filled by DJ Fresh.

The arc of Brown’s career traces back to the 2006 Essence Festival, which was moved to Houston’s Reliant Park as the Superdome underwent Hurricane Katrina-related repairs.

Riding high on the success of his self-titled debut album, Brown was booked on the main Essence stage. Unfortunately, he missed his flight from the Caribbean and arrived in Houston too late to perform as scheduled. Producers moved him to one of Reliant’s two secondary “superlounge” stages, but police cut him off after three songs because of the dangerous crush of fans. His unprofessionalism did those fans a disservice.

Nineteen years and much drama later, Brown is one of only a few R&B acts able to headline stadiums. And he’s doing so like a professional: arriving on time and working hard to give fans a lot of bang for their bucks

In return, he has been richly rewarded. The Live Nation-produced Breezy Bowl XX Tour has posted Beyoncé-level attendance numbers with a show that, while maybe not as grand as Beyoncé’s, still boasts enough bells and whistles to feel like a stadium-sized production.

At the Superdome, two Xshaped extensions augmented the main stage runway The stage backdrop consisted of a towering wall of high-resolution LED screens. A pair of giant statues of Brown flanked the video wall. Lasers and multicolored plumes of pyro lit up the stage.

In the production’s most eyepopping moment, Brown “flew” to a secondary stage via a cable system similar to what is used to swoop sky-cams over the

field during NFL games. After the B-stage set, Brown clipped himself into his harness again, rocketed toward the ceiling and circumnavigated the Dome level with the upper deck. He landed on a corner of the towering stage scaffolding, perched there for a bit, then flew upside down before finally descending to the stage. Such showmanship was essential, as there was no band. The music was pre-recorded and Brown sang live over canned vocals. How much of what came out of the speakers was or wasn’t live wasn’t entirely clear For at least two songs on the B-stage — “With You” and “Kiss Kiss” the canned vocals were dominant. Not that it seemed to matter Concert expectations have shift-

ed. For many fans, the spectacle and the energy in the room, the latter of which depends largely on a performer’s charisma, are what matter most, along with capturing snippets to share on social media. That charisma and collective energy abounded across the first half of Brown’s show, from the opening “Run It” on. Huge cheers greeted the instantly recognizable notes of “Yo (Excuse Me Miss)” and other hits. Energy dropped off a bit after the B-stage set, only to explode again with the night’s most sharable social media moments: the surprise appearances by Bow Wow and, even more so, St. Louis rapper Sexyy Red. She strode onstage to some of the most fervent screams of the night before

twerking against Brown. “I wanted to do this all my life, y’all,” she exclaimed, as Brown grinned. It wasn’t the show’s only PG13 moment. Much of his catalog is devoted to sex pursuing it, enjoying it, bemoaning its absence. He laid a female audience member on a love seat on the B-stage during “Take You Down” and climbed atop her, thrusting his hips. Back on the main stage, his female dancers draped themselves all over him during “Strip.”

When not sharing such intimate moments, he worked hard to stay in step with his dancers and to hit his marks across the vast stage production.

As the show moved toward its conclusion, the screens filled with a video of Brown interacting with

his young children. Becoming a father, his voiceover noted, had “changed (his) perspective.”

In the subsequent mid-tempo ballad “No Air,” originally recorded as a collaboration with Jordin Sparks, he stripped out the sex in favor of a straight-up love song.

As the show, and the whole Breezy Bowl XX Tour, wound down, Brown took a moment to thank the crew that kept the show on the road. He also addressed his fans: “Thank y’all for the last 20 years. I’ve been through some s***.”

With that, he and his dancers assembled for a final bow at 10:55 p.m. right on time.

Email Keith Spera at kspera@ theadvocate.com.

STAFF PHOTO By KEITH SPERA

Chris Brown performs for approximately 45,000 fans at the Caesars Superdome on Oct. 16 during the final show of the Breezy Bowl XX Tour

STAFF PHOTO By JOHN McCUSKER

Crowds video and photograph Chris Brown as he performs.

sCoRPIo (oct. 24-nov. 22) Plan asocial outingthat fulfills your needs.Whether you enjoy creating something new or getting together with friends, themore youengage in things you enjoy doing, the more growth you'll experience.

sAGIttARIus (nov. 23-Dec. 21) An emotional plea willserve you well. Provide factsthat help others understand your actions. Achange is apparent,but it's up to you to believe and trust in yourself to ensure your initiatives come to fruition.

CAPRICoRn(Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Protect your reputation and well-being. Refuse to let anyone put you in acompromising position. Focus on finishing what you start, andyou'll gain respect and opportunities.

AQuARIus (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) Listencarefully, and you'll figure outwhat others arewilling to do for you. Achange at home appears promising and is likely to bring peace of mind.

PIsCEs (Feb. 20-March 20) Live,learn andenjoy whatlife offers. Socializing will offer insight into the pitfalls and gains that come with change.Expect conversations to createanemotional tug-of-war.

ARIEs (March 21-April 19) You are overdue fora change. Whether it's an emotional, financial or lifestyletransformation, beginning theprocess will put your mind at ease and help you recognizethe potential it offers.

tAuRus (April 20-May 20) Establish a realistic budget and schedule to prevent

conflictsand stress. Use your energy wisely and refuse to let anyone take advantage of your skills without giving back.

GEMInI (May 21-June 20) Market yourself for success. Apassionate conversation about howyou utilizeyour skills and how strongly youfeel about achieving your goalswill capture the attention of someone who can offer valuable insights.

CAnCER (June 21-July 22) When opportunity knocks, open the door. Participation is the path to new beginnings. Abracing and can-do attitude will serve youwell. Protect against injury or illness.

LEo (July 23-Aug. 22) Tread carefully Socializing or networking can lead to arguments andemotional conversations thattriggerold wounds. Putyour energyinto nurturing and protecting meaningful relationships.

VIRGo (Aug. 23-sept. 22) Erraticbehavior will come back to haunt you. Consider your choices and be mindful of what othersexpect from you. Bide your time to avoid making amistake.

LIBRA (sept. 23-oct. 23) Sticking to the facts, what's feasible anda timetable you can work with will protect you from criticism and stressful situations Self-improvement, personal growth and making timefor someone you love are necessary.

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George Eliot said, “Keep true, never be ashamed of doing right; decide on what you think is right andstick to it.”

(By the way, whatwas George Eliot’s real name?)

That is an excellent attitude to adopt in almost everything, including bridge. In today’s deal, South is in three no-trump. West leads his fourth-highest diamond, and East puts up the 10. What is the right line of play for declarer?

The auction is astraightforward Stayman sequence, with South’s two-spade rebid denying four hearts.

South startswith eight top tricks: one spade, two hearts,one diamond(given thefirst trick) andfour clubs.For the ninth winner, it looks so natural to take the spade finesse. But whenitloses (asit is bound to do in abridge lesson or newspapercolumn),Eastreturns adiamond and the defenderstake five tricks: one spade and four diamonds.

South hastoestablish aninth trick without letting East on lead. So declarer must play on hearts. He leadsaclubto the dummy,then runs the heart jack through East.

Here, the finesse wins and South has his ninth winner.But even if the finesse hadlost, West could notleadanother diamondwithout conceding an extra trick to South. Always think about the danger hand —the opponent you do not want on lead. George Eliot’s real namewas Mary Anne Evans.She used amalepen namebecauseshe believed she would be treated more seriously. In the19th century, women authors were (incorrectly)thoughtonlytowritelighthearted romances.

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Musk hijacks Tesla call to vouch for pay plan

Elon Musk, the world’srichest person, spent the end of Tesla Inc.’searnings call pleading with investors to approve his $1 trillion pay package and blastingthe shareholder advisory firmsthat have come out against the proposal.

“There needs to be enough voting control to give astrong influence, but not so much that Ican’t be fired if Igoinsane,”Musksaid, interrupting his chief financial officer as themorethanhourlong call wrapped up.

It was classic Musk: Afiery end to what had otherwise been aho-hum call largelydevoted to Tesla’s artificial intelligence, humanoidrobotand self-driving initiatives. Shareholderswillvote on thepay packageatTesla’s Nov. 6annual meeting in Austin.

Tesla’searningsreport was largely disappointing, with profit missing estimates despite record vehicle deliveries. Operatingincomeplunged 40%inthe third quarter,reflectingongoing strains on an electric-vehicle business that’sbeing buffeted by changing U.S. policies

Costs are rising sharplyfor Tesla, with tariffstakinga more than $400 million toll on last quarter’sresults. Operating expenses soared 50%to$3.4billioninthe period. Proxy advisers Institutional Shareholder Services and Glass Lewis have recommendedthat investors reject the unprecedented payout to Musk, the value of which is dependent on Tesla reaching market value thresholds and operational milestones. ISS cited “unmitigated concerns” with the magnitude and design of the award, while Glass Lewis took issuewith itspotentialtodilute other shareholders’ ownership.

Mortgage rates at lowest level in more than ayear Mortgage rates fell to the lowest level in more than ayear, easing affordability concerns for homebuyers.

Theaveragefor 30-year,fixed loans was 6.19%, downfrom 6.27% last week and thelowest since early October 2024, data from Freddie Mac show Falling rates have given house hunters more buying power, but demand has been constrained by affordability challenges. Plus, there’sanxiety over the economic outlook due to the ongoing government shutdown and President Donald Trump’stariff negotiations. Nearly 15% of purchase agreements in September were canceled, up from 13.6% ayear earlier,according to areport from Redfin. Deals are collapsing most often in SunBelt markets like Tampa, Florida, and San Antonio as buyers back out, often during the inspection period.

In September,new home sales rose 3.1% from the previous month to 716,416ona seasonally adjusted annualized basis, but remainedflat from ayear earlier,according to data from Zonda, which tracks newhome production.

Rivian to reportedly lay off more than 600 Electric vehicle makerRivian reportedly plans to layoff more than 600 workers as it looks to trim costs. The Wall Street Journal reported Rivian plans to cut about 4% of its totalworkforce, which at the end of last year was nearly 15,000 people. The company is lookingto reduce costs as it is preparing to start production of alower priced crossover,known as the R2, and it facesstiff headwinds caused by economic uncertaintyand reduced governmentsupport for the consumer transition to EVs. The Journal report cited unnamed people with knowledge of the matter In September,Rivian held aceremonial groundbreakingtomark the start of verticalconstruction of its planned EV factory about an hour east of Atlanta. The factory andpromised7,500jobshavebeen delayed for years as the company hasweatheredsupplychainissues andsteep financial losses, but the company has insisted it will build the plant and meet its jobs and investment promises.

Wall Street nearsrecordhigh

BY STAN CHOE

Associated Press

NEW YORK U.S. stocksrose to thecusp of their records on Thursday,asthe S&P500 climbed0.6%and creptback within 0.2% of itsall-time high set earlier this month.

The DowJones Industrial Averageadded 144 points, or 0.3%, andfinished just below its own record setearlierthis week while the Nasdaq composite rose 0.9%.

Companiesinthe oil and gas business led theway,including gains of 1.1% for Exxon Mobil, 3.1% forConocoPhillips and 3.4% forDiamondback Energy

They rose with prices for crude, which leaped roughly 5.5% after President Donald Trump announced sanctions against Russian oilgiants Rosneft and Lukoil.

Also helping to drive thestock market higher were strong profit reportsfrom several big U.S. companies,asthe reporting season ramps up for theirprofits during thesummer.

Themajority are topping Wall Street’sforecasts, as is usually the case.

Dow jumped12.9%, andLas VegasSands rallied 12.4% after both delivered stronger earnings thananalysts expected. Teslashook offanearly loss to climb2.3% after reporting a weaker profit butalsostronger revenue for the latest quarter than analystsexpected.

The pressureisoncompanies broadly to deliver solid growth in profits. That wouldcounter criticism that theirstock prices shot too high following a35%

romp for the S&P 500 from alow in April. On thelosing end of Wall Street, Molina Healthcare tumbled17.5% after its profit for thelatest quarter fell well short of analysts’ expectations. CEO Joseph Zubretsky cited achallenging environment formedical costs, and insurers across theindustry havebeen warningabout rising medical costs throughout theyear IBM fell0.9%,despite reporting better profit andrevenue than analysts expected. Wall Street focused instead on weaker-than-expected results for itsRed Hat business, which provides open-sourcesoftware products.

In thegold market, prices strengthened to halt asharp recent slide. The price for an ounce climbed 2% to $4,145.60 per ounce.

Manyofthe factorsthathave sent gold on itsmonumental rise are still around, including concernsabout the mountains of debt that the U.S. and other governments worldwide are amassing. The U.S. government’s gross national debt topped $38 trillion on Wednesday,and the worry is thata continued acceleration will only worsen inflation.

In the bond market, the yield on the 10-year Treasuryrose to 4.00% from 3.97% late Wednesday That was ahead of areport coming on Friday that will show howmuchinflation U.S. consumers felt during September.The report was initially due earlier this month but was delayed because of theU.S.government’s shutdown.

Oilpricesjumpafter sanctionsonRussia

BY MATT OTT Associated Press

WASHINGTON Oil prices spiked

Thursday after the U.S. announced massivenew sanctions on Russia’s oilindustry in an attempttoget Russian President Vladimir Putin to thenegotiating tableand end Moscow’sbrutal waronUkraine.

U.S. benchmark crude jumped 5.6% to $61.79 per barrel andanalystssay if the situation remains static, U.S. consumers will soon be paying more at the pump.

Patrick De Haan,head of petroleumanalysis forGasBuddy,said while it was difficulttopredictwith certaintybecause of the number of moving parts, consumers will likely seeabump in prices as early as next week, if not sooner

“We’ll probably start to see motorists be impacted by thesanctions at thepumpinthe next couple days and it might take five days for that to be fully passed along,” De Haan said, adding that the full impact also depends on whetherthe RussianorU.S. positions change.

“Russiawill feel pressure to come to the table in light of the new developments or President Trumpmay react when he sees oil prices rising to levels that become uncomfortable, so Idon’tthink this is going to be very long lasting,” De Haan said.

Oilpriceshavebeenrelativelylow for the past fewyears andlast week the cost for barrel of U.S. bench-

markcrudefellbelow$57,itslowest levelsince early2021. The price for abarrel of U.S. benchmark crude did rise near $79 abarrel early this year,just before President Donald Trumptookoffice,apricenot necessarily considered outrageously elevated by mostanalysts.

The broad, extended decline in oil prices pushedthe averagepricefor agallon of gas in the U.S. last week under $3 for the first time since December of last year,according to GasBuddy For much of 2025, inflation has been held mostly in check, partly due to cheaper prices at the pump. However,that could change quickly as higherenergy costs have a downstream effect on prices for virtually all products and services across industries.

“The impact to alot of Americans is that productsderived from crude,gasoline,diesel andjet fuel areall likely to seepriceincreases,” De Haan said.

The main reason oil and gas have stabilized at lowerlevelsthis year is that the group of countries that are part of the OPEC+ alliance of oil-exporting countries have continuedtoboost production.Earlierthis month, OPEC+ leaders announced they would raiseoil production by 137,000 barrels per day in November,the sameamount announced forOctober.The group hasbeen raising output slightly in aseries of boosts all year after announcing cuts in 2023 and 2024.

BYMATTO’BRIEN AP technologywriter

Clippy,the animated paper clip that annoyed MicrosoftOffice users nearly three decadesago,might have just been ahead of its time.

Microsoft introduced anew artificial intelligence character called Mico on Thursday, afloatingcartoon face shaped like ablob or flame that will embody thesoftwaregiant’s Copilotvirtual assistant and marks the latest attemptbytech companies to imbue their AI chatbots with more of apersonality.

Copilot’scute new emoji-like exterior comes as AI developers face acrossroadsin how they present their increasingly capable chatbotstoconsumerswithout causing harm or backlash

Some have opted for faceless symbols, others like Elon Musk’sxAI are selling flirtatious, humanlike avatars and Microsoft is looking for amiddleground that’sfriendlywithout being obsequious.

“When you talk about something sad, you can see Mico’sface change. Youcan see it dance around and move as it getsexcited with you,”saidJacob Andreou, corporate vice president of product and growthfor MicrosoftAI, in an interview withThe Associated Press. “It’s in this effort of really landing this

AI companion that you can really feel.”

In the U.S. only so far,Copilot users on laptops and phone apps can speak to Mico, which changescolors, spins around andwears glasses when in “study” mode. It’salso easy to shut off, which is abig difference from Microsoft’s Clippit, better known as Clippy and infamous for itspersistence in offering advice on word processing tools when it first appearedon desktop screens in 1997.

“It was not well-attuned to user needs at the time,” saidBryan Reimer,a researchscientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology “Microsoft pushed it, we resisted it and they got rid of it. Ithink we’re much more ready for things like that today.” Reimer,co-author of anew book called “HowtoMake AI Useful,” said AI developers arebalancing howmuchpersonality to give AI assistantsbased on who their expected usersare Tech-savvy adopters of advanced AI coding tools may want it to “act much morelike amachine because at thebackend they know it’s amachine,” Reimersaid. “But individuals who are not as trustful in amachine are going to be best supported—not replaced —bytechnology that feels alittle morelike ahuman.” Microsoft, aprovider of work productivity toolsthat is far less reliant on digital advertisingrevenue than itsBig Tech competitors, also haslessincentive to makeits AI companionoverlyengaging in away that’s beentied to social isolation, harmful misinformation

and, in some cases, suicides. Andreou said the companion’sdesign is meanttobe“genuinely useful” and not so validating that it would “tell us exactly what we want to hear,confirm biaseswealready have, or even suck you in from atime-spent perspective andjust trytokind of monopolize and deepen the session and increase the time you’re spending with these systems.”

“Being sycophantic —short-term, maybe has auser respond more favorably,” Andreou said. “But long term,it’sactually not moving that person closer to their goals.”

Microsoft’sproduct releases Thursday include anew option to invite Copilot into a group chat, an idea that resembles how AI has been integrated into social media platforms like Snapchat, whereAndreou usedtowork, or Meta’sWhatsApp and Instagram. But Andreou said those interactions have often involvedbringing in AI as ajoketo“trollyour friends,” in contrast to Microsoft’sdesigns foran“intensely collaborative”AI-assisted workplace.

Microsoft’saudienceincludes kids,aspart of itslongtime competition withGoogle and othertechcompaniestosupplyits technology to classrooms. Microsoft also Thursday added afeature to turn Copilot into a“voice-enabled, Socratictutor” that guidesstudentsthrough concepts they’re studying.

Agrowing number of kids use AI chatbots foreverything —homeworkhelp, personal advice, emotional support and everyday decision-making.

ASSOCIATEDPRESS PHOTOByDAMIAN DOVARGANES

An animation shows aCopilot avatar called Mico floating around an abstract environment on Wednesday during apresentation at Microsoft’s Fall 2025 CopilotSessions event in Los Angeles.

along the oppo site side line of 98.791. Allin accordance with thesurvey of AdleeOrr,Jr. &Associates, C.E. dated 4/29/1964.

Forinformation purposes only: Theimprove‐mentsthereon bear theMunici‐palNo. 1437Dogwood Drive, Harvey, Louisiana70058.

INC.,DBA ESSEXMORT‐GAGE VERSUS FATEMAHBICK‐SLER A/K/A FATEMAHAB‐DALLAH MO‐HAMMADBICK‐SLER AND RONALD E. BICK‐SLER

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND

SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, dated March26, 2025, Ihave seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOffice Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on De‐cember 3, 2025 at 10 o'clock a.m. thefollow‐ingdescribed property to wit: THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND,to‐gether with all thebuildings and improvements thereonand all therights, ways, privileges, servitudes,ap‐purtenances andadvantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in the PARISH OF JEF‐FERSON,STATE OF LOUISIANAin MAPLEWOOD PARK SUBDIVISION, SECTION"D" being part of theoriginal GargerePlanta‐tion,in Township 14 South, Range24 East,Westof theMississippi River, in SQUARE NO 8, bounded by Dogwood Drive, ThirdStreet, Maplewood Drive, and Fourth Street designated as LOTNO. 30, allin accordingwith thesurveyof AdloeOrr, Jr.& Associates,C.E, dated 4/1/1963; approved by the JeffersonParish Councilunder Ord. No.6076, adopted 5/23/1963, which saidlot commences at a distance of 453' from thecorner of Dogwood Driveand Third Street,the same measures thence 52' frontonDog‐wood Drive, same in width in therear, by a depth alongthe side line nearer Thad Street of 9935, by adepth along theoppo‐i id li f

Beingthe same property ac‐quired by Evelyn Pena by an Act of Cash Sale, dated June 23,2006, andregistered as COB3168, folio 588and furtheracquired by Bernarda Del Roci Trujillo Neri wife of/and JorgeM.Car‐mona Salasby an Actof Cash Sale dated April27, 2020,and regis‐teredinCOB 3436.folio 262of theofficial recordsofJef‐ferson Parish Louisiana; sub‐ject to restric‐tions, servi‐tudes, rights-of-way andoutstanding mineralrights of record affect‐ingthe property

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certified Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with irrevocable Bank Letterof Credit

ZACHARYGAR‐RETT YOUNG Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

TheNew Orleans Advocate: October24, 2025, November 28, 2025

Oct-24-nov 28-2t $123

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:864-337 SERVBANK,SB VERSUS THEUNOPENED SUCCESSION OF GREGORYJ TAUZIER ANDRACHAEL JOAENTAUZIER By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedMay 15, 2025,I have seized andwill proceedtosell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOffice Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058,onDe‐cember3,2025 at 10 o'clock a.m. thefollow‐ingdescribed property to wit:

Acertain piece or portionof ground,to‐gether with all thebuildings andimprove‐ments thereon, andall therights, ways privileges, servitudes,ap‐purtenances andadvantages thereuntobe‐

thereunto be longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in theParishof Jefferson, State of Louisiana, FirstWard, TER‐RYTOWN SUBDI‐VISIONNO. 1in SQUARE 57 bounded by Farmington Place, Heritage Avenue and FriedricaStreet designatedas LOT15ona survey by Harris &Varisco,Sur‐veyors dated October15, 1973,and ac‐cordingthereto, said Lotcom‐mences 721feet from thecorner of Farmington Placeand Her‐itage Avenue,and measures thence 61 feet frontonFarm‐ington Place, a width in the rear of 64.17feet,by a depthof110 feet between equaland paral‐lellines

Andinaccor‐dancewithsur‐veyofGilbert, Kelly& Cou‐turie, Inc. dated March16, 1989, a printofwhich is annexedhereto andmadea part hereof,saidlot is situated in thesame square,subdivi‐sion andhas the same measure‐mentsasherein setforth

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS -The full purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certified Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

EMILYA MUELLER

Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

TheNew Orleans Advocate: October24, 2025, November 28, 2025

Oct-24-nov 28-2t $91

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:863-082

AURORA FINAN‐CIAL GROUP VS FRANCIS‐COADAN OREL‐LANA AND FRANCISCO DIMASOREL‐LANA

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedApril 3, 2025,I have seized andwill proceedtosell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOffice Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058,on Wednesday,De‐cember 3, 2025 at 10 o'clock a.m. thefollow‐ingdescribed property to wit:

ACERTAIN LOT Of GROUND,to‐gether with all thebuildings andimprove‐ments thereon, andall f th i ht

thereon and all of therights, ways,privi‐leges, servi‐tudes, appurte‐nances,and advantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in theParishof Jefferson, State of Louisiana, lyingWestof theMississippi River, within Section30of Township 14 South, Range24 East,being comprisedof arpent Lots 27 through35of theCazalar Plantation,des‐ignatedasTract Bonplatofsur‐veybythe office of Gandolfo,Kuhn, Luecke &Asso‐ciates,dateAu‐gust 10,1977, registered in COB913, folio 622, and a portionofar‐pent Lot26of theCazalar Plantation,des‐ignatedasLot 26-X-2Aonplat of survey by the office of Gan‐dolfo, Kuhn Luecke &Asso‐ciates datedMay 1, 1978 (drawing No.B-282-3), a printofwhich is attached to an act before Gerald R. Cooper,N.P., datedSeptem‐ber20, 1978, registered in COB939, folio 318, now designated as PARK PLACE SUBDIVISION, andfurther re‐subdivided to show Phase III by aplanofJ J. Krebs& Sons, Inc.,dated June 27,1980, and approved by the JeffersonParish Councilunder OrdinanceNo. 14412, datedAu‐gust 12,1980, recorded in COB 987, folio 8, and accordingto said resubdiv‐sion plan,and an individual lot survey by J. J. Krebs& Sons Inc.,August15, 1980, resur‐veyed January5,1981, to show im‐provements, a copy of which is annexedtoan actbefore Clifford P. De‐Laup,Jr.,N.P datedJanuary 26,1981, said lot lies in asquare boundedby Park Placeand Fairfax Drives, GladstoneCourt (side),and Lennox Boulevard (side),and is designated as LOTNO. 446. Said lotcom‐mences 501.34 feet from thein‐tersection of Park Placeand Fairfax Drives andmeasures thence 23.50feetfront on Park Place Drive, same width in the rear,bya depth between equaland paral‐lellines of 110 feet.All as more fullyshown on a survey by Gilbert, Kelly &Cou‐turie, Inc.,dated September22, 1990, adding boundary of Parcel B-1.

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certified Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

EMILYA MUELLER Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III

Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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Orleans Advocate: October24, 2025, November 28 2025 Oct-24-nov28-2t $128

JUDICIAL

REGIONSBANK D/B/AREGIONS MORTGAGE VERSUS CODY CLARE VEGA

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedMay 29, 2025, Ihave seized andwill proceedtosell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOffice Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Wednesday,De‐cember 3, 2025 at 10 o'clock a.m. thefollow‐ingdescribed property to wit:

ACERTAIN PIECEORPOR‐TION OF GROUND,to‐gether with all thebuildings and improvements thereon, andall of therights, ways,privi‐leges, servi‐tudes, advan‐tages andappurte‐nances there‐unto belonging or in anywise appertaining, situated in the Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in HARLEM PARK‐WAY,inSQUARE NO.4 which square is boundedby Bore Street, RidgelakeDrive, WhiteStreet andthe property line of Metairie Lawn Subdivision, which lotisdes‐ignatedasLOT F on a plan by R. P. Rordam,C.E datedNovem‐ber5,1940, im‐provements lo‐catedApril 2, 1941, acopyof which is an‐nexedtoanact before MayerL Dresner, Notary Public datedOctober 4, 1941, andac‐cordingthereto said Lot Fcom‐mences at adis‐tanceof 110feetfrom thecornerof Bore Street and RidgelakeDrive andmeasures thence 42 feet fronton Bore Street same width in therear, by a depth between equaland parallel linesof 120feet. Ac‐cordingtoa sur‐veybyGilbert, Kelly Couturie Inc. dated January11, 1973, acopyof which is an‐nexedtoanact before Henry O'Connor, Jr., Notary Public datedJanuary 22, 1973, said lot hasthe same location,desig‐nation boundaries and measurements hereinaboveset forth.

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be

must be Cashier'sCheck, Certified Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

JEREMY L NUSLOCH

Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III

Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

TheNew Orleans Advocate: August 29, 2025 October3,2025 aug29-oct3-2t $89

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:862-510 NEWREZ LLC D/B/ASHELL‐POINTMORT‐GAGE SERVIC‐ING VS JOHNELLKIEFF

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedJuly30, 2025, Ihave seized andwill proceedtosell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOffice Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on De‐cember3,2025 at 10 o'clock a.m. thefollow‐ingdescribed property to wit: ONECERTAIN CONDOMINIUM UNIT,TOGETHER WITH ALL BUILDINGSAND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, AND ALLOFTHE RIGHTS,WAYS, PRIVILEGES, SERVITUDES, APPURTE‐NANCES AND ADVANTAGES THEREUNTOBE‐LONGING OR IN ANYWISE APPERTAINING DESIGNATED AS UNIT 306E OF THECYPRESS PARK TOWN‐HOME CONDO‐MINIUMS, TO‐GETHER WITH AN UNDIVIDED 0.0150 PERCENTIN ANDTOTHE COMMON ELE‐MENTSOFTHE CONDOMINIUM APPURTENANT THERETO, SITU‐ATED IN THE STATEOF LOUISIANA, IN THE PARISH OF JEF‐FERSON,INTER‐RYTOWN SUBDI‐VISION,SEC‐TION 2, BEING PART OF THE OAKDALESUB‐DIVISION,SEC‐TION "B", FIRST WARD,ALL IN ACCORDANCE WITH THESUR‐VEYOFADOLE ORR, JR.& AS‐SOCIATES,C.E DATEDJUNE3, 1959, REVISED SEPTEMBER16, 1959, ANDSEP‐TEMBER 18, 1959, APPROVED BY THEJEFFER‐SONPARISH COUNCILUNDER ORDINANCE NO.4544, ADOPTEDAPRIL 21,1960, REGIS‐TEREDINCOB 510, FOLIO 522 PARISH OF JEF‐FERSON, LOUISIANA, ON JULY 20,1960, ANDINPLAN BOOK 39,FOLIO 65,OF‐FICE OF THE CLERKOF COURT, PARISH OF JEFFERSON, LOUISIANA, WHICHSAID PROPERTY IS MORE PARTICU‐LARLYDE‐SCRIBEDAS FOLLOWS, TOWIT:

WIT: LOTNOS.17-30, BOTH INCLU‐SIVE,INSQUARE NO.23, BOUNDEDBY TERRY PARKWAY, CORALAVENUE, CHERRY BLOS‐SOMLANE, WRIGHT AV‐ENUE, AND HECTOR AV‐ENUE,LOTSNO. 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 AND22ADJOIN EACH OTHER ANDMEASURE EACH 60 FEET FRONTON TERRYPARK‐WAY, BY A DEPTHOF 136.5FEET BE‐TWEEN EQUAL ANDPARALLEL LINES, BY A WIDTHINTHE REAR OF 64.41 FEET.LOT NO.22 LIES NEARER TO ANDCOM‐MENCES AT A DISTANCE OF 79.21 FEET FROM THECORNEROF TERRYPARK‐WAYAND CORALAVENUE. LOTNO. 23 FORMSTHE CORNER OF TERRYPARK‐WAYAND CORALAVENUE, ANDMEASURES 79.21 FEET FRONTON TERRYPARK‐WAY, BY ADEPTH ANDFRONT ON CORALAVENUE, ANDMEASURES 79.21 FEET FRONTON TERRYPARK‐WAY, BY A DEPTHAND FRONTON CORALAVENUE OF 136.51 FEET,BY ADEPTH ALONG THEOPPOSITE SIDELINE OF 136.50 FEET BY AWIDTH IN THEREAROF 86.87 FEET.LOT NO.24FORMS THECORNER OF CHERRY BLOSSOMLANE ANDCORAL AV‐ENUE ANDMEA‐SURES80FEET FRONTON CHERRY BLOS‐SOMLANE, BY A DEPTHALONG THEOPPOSITE SIDE LINEOF110 FEET,BYA WIDTHINTHE REAR OF 74.51 FEET.LOTSNOS 25, 26, 27 AND28 ADJOIN EACH OTHERAND MEASUREEACH 62 FEET FRONT ON CHERRY BLOSSOMLANE, BY ADEPTH OF 110 FEET BE‐TWEEN EQUAL ANDPARALLEL LINES, BY A WIDTHINTHE REAR OF58.76 FEET.LOT NO.25 LIES NEARER TO ANDCOM‐MENCES AT A DISTANCE OF 80 FEET FROM THE CORNER OF CHERRY BLOS‐SOMLANEAND CORALAVENUE. LOTNO. 29 ADJOINSLOT NO.28AND MEASURES 53 FEET FRONTON

FEET FRONT ON CHERRY BLOS‐SOM LANE,BYA DEPTHALONG THESIDELINE NEARER TO CORALAVENUE OF 110 FEET BY A DEPTHALONG THEOPPOSITE SIDE LINE OF 112.09 FEET;BY A WIDTHINTHE REAR OF 63.30 FEET.LOT NO.30 ADJOINSLOT NO.29AND MEASURES 50 FEET FRONTON CHERRY BLOS‐SOMLANE, BY A DEPTH ALONGTHE SIDE LINE NEARER TO CORALAVENUE OF 112.09 FEET, BY A DEPTHALONG THEOPPOSITE SIDE LINE OF 132.57 FEET,BY AWIDTH IN THE REAR OF 83.66 FEET;subject to restrictions, servitudes rights-of-way and outstanding mineralrights of record affect‐ingthe prop‐erty

Theimprove‐mentsbearthe municipalad‐dress306 Terry ParkwayApt E, Terrytown, Louisiana, 70056.

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certified Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with irrevocable Bank Letterof Credit ZacharyGarrett Young Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson TheNew Orleans Advocate: October24, 2025 November 28, 2025

Oct-24-nov 28-2t $188

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT

24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:865-720 STANDARD MORTGAGE CORPORATION

VERSUS THEUNOPENED SUCCESSION OF SUZANNEM.RE‐LYVELD,DE‐CEASED

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedJuly29, 2025,I have seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOffice Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on De‐cember3,2025 at 10 o'clock a.m. thefollow‐ingdescribed property to wit: THAT CERTAIN PIECEORPOR‐TION OF GROUND,to‐gether with all thebuildings andimprove‐mentsthere‐untobelonging or in anywise appertaining situated in the Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in that part thereofnow designated as AMES GARDENSEX‐TENSIONSUBDI‐VISION,inac‐cordance with a plan of subdivi‐sionby J. J. Krebs& Sons,Inc., dated March11, 1980, approved by the JeffersonParish CouncilbyOrdi‐nanceNo. 143121, dated April23, 1980, registered in COB981,folio 614, andasper ActofDedica‐tion before Odom B. Heebe, Notary Public, datedJune 17, 1980,regis‐teredinCOB 983, folio634, said lotbeing more particu‐larlydescribed as followstowit:

LOT1,SQUARE 1, is boundedby Kirkwood Drive, E. Ames Blvd., BuccaneerDrive andAmesBlvd. Said lotforms thecornerof Kirkwood Drive andAmesblvd., and measures 69.78 feet frontKirk‐wood Drivewith awidth in the rear of 97.27 feet,a frontand depth on Ames Blvd of 88.72 feet and adepth on the opposite side line of 84.35 feet

This sale is sub‐

ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges

TERMS- Thefull purchase price isdue at the timeofthe sale

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certified Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with irrevocable Bank Letterof Credit

FOERSTNERG

MEYER

Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III

Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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LOUISIANA NO:865-716

LIBERTY BANK ANDTRUST COMPANY VS COLIN ROCKE

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedJune 12, 2025,I have seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff'sOffice Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on De‐cember3,2025 at 10 o'clock a.m. thefollow‐ingdescribed property to wit: Acertain piece or portionof ground,to‐gether with all thebuildings andimprove‐ments thereon, andall of therights, ways,privi‐leges, servi‐tudes, appurte‐nances and advantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in theParishof Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in that part thereofknown as HARAHAN CITY SUBDIVISION, beinga resubdi‐vision approved by theCityof Harahan, regis‐teredin COB3200 folio 666, EntryNo. 10755474,and accordingto which said lot thereonis designated as LOT124-Aof SQUARE N-2. Theimprove‐mentsthereon bear theMunici‐palNo. 726 Oak Street,Harahan Louisiana 701231

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges TERMS- 10% down balancein 30 days

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certified Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with irrevocable Bank Letterof Credit WA MAIORANA,JR Attorney for

Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III

Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO:866-279

U.S. BANK TRUSTCOM‐PANY,NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE, AS SUCCESSOR-ININTEREST TO U.S. BANK NA‐TIONAL ASSOCI‐ATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR CITIGROUP MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST INC. ASSETBACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2007AMC2 VERSUS THEUNOPENED SUCCESSION OF ANDUNKNOWN HEIRSOF WILLARDJAMES DOMINIGUE A/K/AWILLARD JAMES DOMINGUE A/K/AWILLARD J. DOMINGUE A/K/AWILLARD DOMINGUE AND THEUNOPENED SUCCESSION OF AND UNKNOWN HEIRSOFBEV‐ERLY LYNN WILLIAMS A/K/A BEVERLYLYNN WILLIAMS A/K/A BEVERLYL WILLIAMS A/K/A BEVERLY WILLIAMS By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedSeptem‐ber9,2025, I have seized and will proceedto sell to thehigh‐estbidderat public auction, at theJefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233Westbank Expressway, Harvey Louisiana, 70058,onDe‐cember 3, 2025 at 10 o'clock a.m. thefollow‐ingdescribed property to wit: Acertain piece or portionof ground,to‐gether with all thebuildings andimprove‐ments thereonand all therights, ways, privileges, servitudes,ap‐purtenances and advantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in theParishof Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in that part thereofknown as Manor Heights Subdivision, in accordance with survey by AlvinE.Hotard, C. E.,dated Au‐gust 25, 1955, copy of which is in Book of Plans32, folio 25 andfurther shownonsur‐veyof ErrolE.Kelly, Surveyor,dated June 4, 1966; andaccording to survey of R. L. Schumann &As‐sociates,Land Surveyor,dated November 20, 1978, copy of which is annexedtoact before Leonard M. Berins,No‐tary Public datedNovem‐ber27, 1978 id i f

ber 27 1978 said portionof ground is fur‐ther designated anddescribed as follows:

Lotno. 41 square no.7, which square is boundedby ManorHeights Drive, Jeffrey Street,Canal Road andeast line of subdivi‐sion andthe said lotcom‐mences at a distance of 400’ feet from the corner of Jeffrey Street,Canal Road andeast line of subdivisionand thesaidlot commencesat a distance of 400 feet from the corner of JeffreyStreet andManor HeightsDrive andmeasures thence 50’feet frontonManor HeightsDrive, same in width in therear, by a depthof110.30’ feet between equal andparallel lines.

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck Certified Check, MoneyOrder,or PersonalCheck with irrevocable Bank Letterof Credit

COREYJ.GIROIR Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO:867-108

ATHENE ANNU‐ITYAND LIFE COMPANY VERSUS CLIFFORD GREEN,JR.

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, ParishofJeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, dated July 30, 2025,I have seized andwill proceedtosell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOffice Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on De‐cember3,2025 at 10 o'clock a.m. thefollow‐ingdescribed property to wit:

Onecertain lot of ground to‐gether with all the buildings andimprove‐mentsthereon, andall of the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes,ap‐purtenances andadvantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in theParishof Jefferson, Stateof Louisiana, and identified as fol‐lows:

Lot2-A-1, Square E, Esprit atStonebridge Exension,as per h l f

Exension, as per that plan of resubdivisionby CharlesM.John‐son, Johnson Professional Land Surveyors, L.S. datedJuly14, 2004, showing theresubdivi‐sion of Square E, Lots 1-A, 2-A, 3and 24, Esprit at Stone‐bridge Exten‐sion,into Square E, Lots 1A-1, 2-A-1, and3A, approved by theJefferson Parish Council underordinance no.22330, adoptedNo‐vember17, 2004, filedunder instrument no 10471318 in COB 3136, folio 304.

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck Certified Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with irrevocable Bank Letterof Credit

DENNISWIG‐GINS,JR Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:868-346

US BANK TRUST NATIONAL AS‐SOCIATION, NOT IN ITSINDIVID‐UALCAPACITY BUTSOLEY AS OWNER TRUSTEEFOR VRMTGASSET TRUST VS TRACIE JO STIGLER(A/K/A TRACIE J. STIGLER)

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedSeptem‐ber11, 2025, I have seized and will proceedto sell to thehigh‐estbidderat public auction, at theJefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Expressway, Harvey, Louisiana, 70058, on De‐cember 3, 2025 at 10 o'clock a.m. thefollow‐ingdescribed property to wit:

THAT CERTAIN PIECEORPOR‐TION OF GROUND,to‐gether with all thebuildings andimprove‐mentsthereon, andall of the rights,ways, privileges, servitudes, appurtenances andadvantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in the Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in GreenlawnTer‐race Subdivision, in SQUARE NO.138, boundedbyCal‐iforniaAvenue, 37th Street (formerly19th Street), Col‐oradoAvenue ( id ) d h

orado Avenue (side) and36th Street (side) (formerly18th Street), desig‐natedasLOT "U", allinaccor‐dancewiththe survey of Adloe Orr, Jr.& Associates,Civil Engineers, datedNovem‐ber9,1959, which said lot commences at a distance of 250 feet from the corner of Cali‐fornia Avenue and37thStreet and measures thence 50 feet from thecorner of California Av‐enue,the same in width in therear, by a depth of 120 feet between equaland paral‐lellines,all in accordance with thesurvey of J. L. Fontcu‐berta, Surveyor, datedMarch 13 1970.

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is due at the time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certified Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with irrevocable Bank Letterof Credit

AMYR.ORTIS

Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:808-507 FEDERALHOME LOAN MORT‐GAGE CORPORA‐TION,AS TRUSTEEFOR THE BENEFITOFTHE FREDDIEMAC SEASONED LOANSSTRUC‐TURED TRANSACTION TRUST, SERIES 2018-2 VS DORISOSER STEUDLEINAND SCOTTR STEUDLEIN

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedOctober 5, 2020, Ihave seized andwill proceedtosell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOffice Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on De‐cember 3, 2025 at 10 o'clock a.m. thefollow‐ingdescribed property to wit:

TwoCertain lots of ground,to‐gether with all thebuildings andimprove‐mentsthereon andall the rights,ways, privileges, servitudes and appurtenances thereuntobe‐longingor in anywiseap‐pertaining,situ‐ated in the Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisianain that

that part knownas theTownof Harahan, said LOTS aredesig‐natedbythe NOS163 and 164, in SQUARE “N-2”, which square is boundedbyOak Avenue,Fourth Street,Tenth Street,and the UpperBoundary Line of Subdivi‐sion knownas HARAHANCITY, Harahan, Louisiana. Lots Nos163 and164 adjoin each otherand mea‐sure each 30 feet frontonOak Av‐enue,by a depth of 120 feet between equaland paral‐lellines.Ac‐cording to survey made by Gilbert, Kelly Surveyors, datedJanuary 15,1959, said lots are designated by thesamenum‐bers,adjoin each other, have thesame locationsand are showntobe boundedbyOak Avenue,the Rear Line of the Subdivision, Ninthand Tenth Streetsand GroveParkSub‐division,; said lots measure each 30 feet frontonOak Avenue,the same width in therear, by a depth between equaland paral‐lellines of 129 feet.Lot No.163 is shownto commenceat a distance of 245 feet (actual) 240 feet (originalplan), from thecorner of OakAvenue andNinth Street Said measure‐mentsare more fullyshown on a Plat of Survey by Dading,Mar‐ques and Associates,Inc land Surveyors datedNovem‐ber2,1994. This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certified Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with irrevocable Bank Letterof Credit

HERSCHEL C. ADCOCK,JR Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:829-886 WILMINGTON SAVINGSFUND SOCIETY, FSB, AS TRUSTEEOF STANWICH MORTGAGE LOAN TRUSTF VERSUS THEUNOPENED SUCCESSION OF RANDYM GUIDROZA/K/A RANDYM GUIDROZA/K/A RANDYGUIDROZ ANDMARYJO GUIDROZA/K/A MARY JO MYERS GUIDROZA/K/A MARY J. GUIDROZA/K/A MARY GUIDROZ A/K/AMARYJO MYERS A/K/AMARYJ MYERSA/K/A MARY MYERS

A/K/AMARY MYERSGUIDROZ A/K/A MARY M. GUIDROZ

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedJuly14, 2022,I have seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOffice Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on De‐cember3,2025 at 10 o'clock a.m. thefollow‐ingdescribed property to wit: Acertain piece or portionof ground,to‐gether with all therights, ways privileges, servitudes,and appurtenances thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in theState of Louisiana, Parish of Jeffer‐son, in that part thereofknown as Golden HeightsSubdivi‐sion SectionJ, allasper plan of resubdivision made J. J. Krebs and Sons,Inc dated March11, 1977, andapproved by theJefferson Parish Council, by OrdinanceNo. 12822onApril 14, 1977, recorded under EntryNo. 766676, more particularly de‐scribedasfol‐lows:

Lot6,SquareQ boundedby AmiteDrive Suwannee Drive, Potomac Driveand NiagaraDrive, andsaidlot commences at a distance of 280 feet from the corner of AmiteDrive and Suwannee Drive andmeasures thence 60 feet frontonAmite Drive, the same widthin therear, by a depthof120 feet between equaland paral‐lellines.All as more fully shownona sur‐veybyJ.J Krebsand Sons, Inc.,dated April 7, 1978,January 18, 1979,May 15 1979 andOcto‐ber5,1979. This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck Certified Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with irrevocable Bank Letterof Credit

COREYJ.GIROIR Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:851-224

NEWORLEANS FIREMEN'SFED‐ERAL CREDIT UNION VS RANDOLPH THI‐BODAUX JR. ANDVANDELLE MARIEFELDER THIBODAUX

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedFebruary 21, 2024,I have seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOffice Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on De‐cember 3, 2025 at 10 o'clock a.m. thefollow‐ingdescribed property to wit: THAT CERTAIN LOTORPARCEL OF GROUND,to‐gether with all thebuildings and improvements thereon, andall therights, ways, privileges, servitudes, appurtenances, andadvantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining situated in the Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in that part thereofknown as LIVEOAK PLAN‐TATION ES‐TATES, ADDI‐TION 3, andac‐cordingtoa re‐subdivision of Tract“U2” andTract “D2” allinaccor‐dancewithPlan of Subdivision forLiveOak Plantation Es‐tates, Addition 3, made by Krebs, LaSalle, LeMieuxConsul‐tants, Inc., datedApril 7, 2006,recorded in therecords of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, as Instrument at Instrument No 10648933, COB 3172,folio 557, andbeing more fully describedas follows, to wit: LOT282, SQUARE 5, LIVE OAKPLANTA‐TION ESTATES SUBDIVISION, ADDITION 3, Jef‐ferson Parish Louisiana. Improvements thereonbear themunicipal address9501 BlackCherry Lane Westwego, LA 70094. This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck Certified Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with irrevocable Bank Letterof Credit

JEFFREY A. JONES

Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson TheNew Orleans Advocate: October24, 2025, November 28, 2025 Oct-24-nov 28-2t $92

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24THJUDICIAL

DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:834-183

PLANET HOME LENDING, LLC VS STACEY GILCHRIST LEMAY By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedJuly10, 2025,I have seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOffice Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Octo‐ber29, 2025 at 10 o'clocka.m thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit:

THAT CERTAIN PIECE'OR POR‐TION OF GROUND,to‐gether with all thebuildings andimprove‐mentsthereon, andall the rights,ways, privileges, servitudes appurtenances andadvantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in the Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in that part thereofknown as SOUTHAVON‐DALE HOMES SUBDIVISION, SECTIONII, ac‐cordingto a plan of WilliamMaier C.E.,dated March10, 1964 approved by the JeffersonParish Council under Ordi‐nanceNo. 6565 and filedfor record as Entry No.287-491, reg‐isteredin COB589, folio 77, andinPlan Book 49 Plan 42, of therecords of theClerk of Court forthe Parish of Jefferson, ac‐cordingto which thesaid lotisdesig‐natedasLOT 5, in SQUARE 9, which said square is boundedby Jacqueline Claraand Margie Drives andJames Boulevard, and measures 54 feet fronton Jacqueline Drive, thesame in widthinthe rear,bya depth of 100 feet be‐tweenequal andparallel lines; subjectto restrictions, servitudes, rights-of-way andoutstanding mineralrights of record affectingthe property Improvements thereonbear theMunicipal No.117 Jacque‐line Drive, Avon‐dale, Louisiana70094. This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck Certified Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

ZACHARYGAR‐RETT YOUNG Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff

Parish of Jefferson

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$99.24

By virtue of and in obedienceto

FACIAS from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedDecem‐ber28, 2022,I have seized and will proceed to sell to thehigh‐estbidderat publicauction, at theJefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233Westbank Expressway, Harvey Louisiana, 70058, on Octo‐ber29, 2025 at 10 o'clocka.m thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: That certain pieceorportion of ground,to‐gether with all thebuildings andimprove‐ments thereon, andall therights, ways, privileges servitudes,ap‐purtenances andadvantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in theState of Louisiana, Parish of Jeffer‐son, in Town‐ship 14 South, Ranges 23 and 24 East,South‐easternLand District of Louisiana, West of theMissis‐sippi River, knownasHar‐veyCanal Prop‐erty, designated as Parcel P-2-A-2-A, allasper plan of resubdivision made by J. J. Krebs& Sons,Inc C. E. &S., dated March15, 1973, revisedFebru‐ary26, 1973, April11, 1974, May5,1975, De‐cember 29, 1975, andOctober 19, 1976, andap‐proved by the JeffersonParish CouncilbyOrdi‐nanceNo. 12617, adoptedNo‐vember 18, 1976, recorded in COB 879, folio 409, andwhich said portionof ground was subdivided into Woodmere Sub‐division,Section 5, allinasper plan of resubdi‐vision by J. J. Krebs& Sons,Inc., C. E. &S datedOc‐tober19, 1976 andOctober 21, 1976, approved by the JeffersonParish CouncilbyOrdi‐nanceNo. 12617, recorded in COB 879, folio 408, and as perAct of Dedication be‐fore Odom B. Heebe, Notary Public,dated December 21, 1976and recorded in COB 880, folio 822, same beingdes‐ignatedasfol‐l

ignated as fol lows:

Lot1456, Square NN, which square is bounded by Ac‐caciaLane, Woodmere Blvd (side),Eastview (lateOakmere Dr.) Drive(side) andAlexKorn‐manBlvd.., and said lot commences 425 feet from the corner of Acca‐ciaLaneand Alex Kornman Blvd., with a 60 feet fronton AccaciaLane, same in width in rear,bya depth of 100feet be‐tween equaland paral‐lellines;all as shownonsur‐veybyJ.J Krebs& Sons, Inc.,C.E.& S. datedJune30, 1978,stakedAu‐gust 17,1978, resurveyed No‐vember 1, 1978 to show improvements Andinaccor‐dancewithsur‐veyofGilbert Kelly &Cou‐turie, Inc. dated March6,1993, a printofwhich is annexedhereto andmadea part hereof,saidlot is situated in thesame square,subdivi‐sion andhas the same measure‐mentsashere‐inaboveset forth.

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck Certified Check, MoneyOrder,or PersonalCheck withBankLetter of Credit COREYJ.GIROIR

Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO:854-971

WELLSFARGO BANK,N.A,AS TRUSTEE, ON BEHALF OF THE HOLDERSOF THE ASSET BACKED SECURI‐TIES CORPORA‐TION HOME EQ‐UITY LOAN TRUST,SERIES AMQ2007-HE2 ASSETBACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES AMQ 2007-HE2 VS CARLOS RUS‐SELL ANDDE‐SHANON COBB RUSSELL(A/K/A DESHANON COBB DESHANON RUS‐SELL)

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedJune13, 2024,I have seized andwill proceedtosell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOffice Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058,onOcto‐ber29, 2025 at 10 o'clocka.m h f ll i

10 o clock a m thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit:

THAT CERTAIN LOTOFGROUND, together with allimprove‐mentsthereon, all rights,ways, servitudes,and privilegesthere‐untobelonging, lyingand situ‐ated in the Stateof Louisiana, Parish of Jeffer‐soninthatsub‐division known as St.Mary Subdivision, lo‐catedand des‐ignatedwith a plan of resubdi‐vision by Michael W. Flores,dated May20, 1985 ap‐proved by the JeffersonParish counselunder OrdinanceNum‐ber16513 filed in COB1313, folio60, desig‐natedas Lot10, of Square C, boundedby SantaMaria Drive, 10th Street,Cande‐lightDrive, (side) and theMayronne CanalRight of Way. Lot10 measures 62 feet fronton SantaMaria Drive, 62.01feet in therear, by depths of 94.55 feet alongthe southernlymost sideline and 93.29feet along thenorthernly‐most sideline All as more fully shownon survey by J.J. Krebs& Sons, Inc.,dated May 16,1991.

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certified Check, MoneyOrder,or PersonalCheck with Bank Letter of Credit

EMILYA MUELLER Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO:850-366 STANDARD MORTGAGE CORPORATION VS GARY L. ROSIERE, JR.

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, ParishofJeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, dated January 17,2024, Ihave seized andwill proceedtosell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOffice Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Octo‐ber29, 2025 at 10 o'clocka.m thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: THAT CERTAIN PIECEORPOR‐TION OF GROUND,to‐getherwithall th b ildi

gether with all thebuildings andimprove‐mentsthereon andall the rights,ways, privileges, servitudes appurtenances andadvantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in the Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in that part thereofknown as Baywood and designated as Lot44ofSquare "C", said Square "C"isbounded by FairfieldDrive Carlisle Drive South, Ridge‐fieldRoad, High‐land DriveWest, Carlisle DriveNorth and Wall Boulevard. Lot44com‐mences at adis‐tanceof320 feet from a pointonthe southeasterly pointofcurve that forms the intersection of Carlisle Drive Northand Wall Boulevardand measures thence 55 feet frontonWall Boulevard,bya width in the rear of 68.29 feet,bya depth of 136.24 feet on thesideline nearest Carlisle Drive Northand a depth of 119.79 feet on theop‐posite sideline allin accordance with asurveyby Gilbert, Kelly & Couturie,Inc., Surveying& En‐gineering, datedSeptem‐ber3,1987, a copy of which is annexedhereto andmadea part hereof;subject to restrictions, servitudes rights-of-way andoutstanding mineral rights of record affecting the property

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certified Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

FOERSTNERG MEYER Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson TheNew Orleans Advocate: September19, 2025, October24, 2025 sep19-oct24-2t $96.59

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT

24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:849-868

KEVINLIRETTE ANDLIRETTE REAL ESTATE, LLC VERSUS 1100 CLEARVIEW, LLC, MARK SUBERVILLE, MARY SUBERVILLE, CLEARVIEW VENTURES,LLC, ANDNOR-JOE IMPORTS, LLC

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritofFIERI FACIAS from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedMay 28, 2025, Ihave seized andwill d ll

seized and will proceedtosell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOffice Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Octo‐ber 29,2025at 10 o'clocka.m thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit:

ONECERTAIN LOTOFGROUND together with allthe buildings andimprove‐ments thereonand all therights, ways, privileges, servitudes,ad‐vantages and prescriptions (bothliberative andacquisitive) thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in the Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in that part thereof known as

BRIDGEDALE SUBDIVISION, SECTIONF,in Block174 boundedby Clearview Parkway, West Metairie Av‐enue,South Park Derive and N. Park Drive, designated as LOTNO. 18A, on printofsurvey by Sterling Man‐dle, Surveyor, datedMarch 11, 1969. Beingthe same property ac‐quired by 1100 Clearview, LLC from Strategic Ventures LLCbyAct be‐fore Claudia Trapani, Notary Public,dated April12, 2005 and registered in COB3144, Filion 91,ofthe recordsofJef‐ferson Parish, Louisiana. Said property bears amunicipal Ad‐dressof1100 ClearviewPark‐way, Metairie, Louisiana, 70001.

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certified Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

PIERRE G. WALKER Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson TheNew Orleans Advocate: September19, 2025, October24, 2025 sep19-oct24-2t $90.77

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT

24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:857-613

LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC VS LASHWAN JESSIETRASK, ANTHONY JOHNNY SIM‐MONS,JR. AND DAVONDA SHONTE SIM‐MONS

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedApril 9, 2025, Ihave seized andwill

seized and will proceedtosell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOffice Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Octo‐ber29, 2025 at 10 o'clocka.m thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit:

ALLTHATCER‐TAIN PIECEOR

PORTIONOF GROUND,situ‐ated in the Stateof Louisiana, Parish of Jeffer‐son, in that part thereofknown as FLORAL ACRES

ADDITION NO.3

SUBDIVISION, beinga portion of Area "H"of Live OakPlanta‐tion accordingto a plan of subdivi‐sion by Adloc Orr, Jr.&Associ‐ates Consulting Engineersdated October26, 1970, andgiven finalapproval by theParishof Jeffersonunder OrdinanceNo. 9989, datedFeb‐ruary4,1971, registered in COB 730, folio 105of therecords of Jefferson Parish Louisiana, said portionof ground beingdesig‐natedasLOT 272, SQUARE 25; subjecttore‐strictions,servi‐tudes, rights-of-way andoutstanding mineralrights of record affect‐ingthe property

Allinaccor‐dance to survey of Sterling Man‐dle, Land Sur‐veyor, dated September10, 1979, acopyof which is an‐nexedtoanact passed before Paul M. Lapeyre, N.P., datedSeptem‐ber14, 1979, registered in COB966,folio 27,Jefferson Parish, Louisiana.

Improvements thereonbear theMunicipal No.128 Evergold Lane,West‐wego, Louisiana.

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certified Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

ZACHARYGAR‐RETT YOUNG Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson TheNew Orleans Advocate: September19, 2025, October24, 2025 sep19-oct24-2t $96.07

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:857-149 NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC VERSUS TERRYD.GAD‐DIS, JR. A/K/A TERRYDAVID GADDIS,JR. AND TERRYD GADDIS,SR. A/K/ATERRY DAVIDGADDIS, SR

By virtue of and in obedienceto

in obedience to aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedMay 14, 2025,I have seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOffice Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Octo‐ber 29, 2025 at 10 o'clocka.m thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit:

THAT CERTAIN PIECEORPOR‐TION OF GROUND,to‐gether with all thebuildings andimprove‐mentsthereon, andall of the rights,ways, privileges, servitudes, appurtenances andadvantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in the Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in that part thereofknown as LOTNOS.18 AND19, SQUARE 16, SUBURBAN PARK SUBDIVI‐SION,asper plan by J. W. T. Stephens,CE, datedAugust 25, 1917,and ac‐cordingtosaid plan,Lot Nos. 18 and19 adjoin andcach measures 25 feet fronton Bainbridge Street (now Romain), the same in widthin therearby a depthof125 feet between equaland parallel lines; subjecttore‐strictions,servi‐tudes, rights-ofwayand out‐standing mineral rights of record affect‐ingthe prop‐erty improvements thereonbear theMunicipal No.1007 Romain Street

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certified Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

ZACHARYGAR‐RETT YOUNG Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

TheNew Orleans Advocate: September19, 2025, October24, 2025

sep19-oct24-2t $88.12

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT

24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:856-957

TOWD POINT MORTGAGE TRUST2019-3, U.S. BANK NA‐TIONAL ASSOCI‐ATION, AS INDENTURE TRUSTEE vs JEAN SONTAG GERACI AND LORI A. GERACI By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND

SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedAugust 16, 2024,I have seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOffice Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Octo‐ber29, 2025 at 10 o'clocka.m thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit:

That certain pieceorportion of ground,to‐gether with all of thebuildings and improvements thereon, andall of therights, ways,privi‐leges, servi‐tudes, appurtenances andadvantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in the Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in that part thereof known as SOUTHWOOD WEST SUBDIVI‐SION EXTEN‐SION,desig‐natedasLOT 17, SQUARE 1, which said square is boundedby Southwood Drive, Mimosa Drive, Fire ThornDrive (side),and Mt Laurel Drive (side),saidlot commences at a distance of 641 feet from theintersection of Southwood Driveand Mi‐mosa Drive, and measures thence 53 feet frontonSouth‐wood Drive, same in widthin therear, by a depthof100 feet,between equalparallel lines. Allas more fully shownonsur‐veybyBFM Corporation, datedJanuary 30, 1989,a copy of which is at‐tached to Act registered in COB2294 folio 03409.

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certified Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit CRIS R. JACKSON Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson TheNew Orleans Advocate: September19, 2025, October24, 2025 sep19-oct24-2t $90.24

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:867-369

DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUSTCOM‐PANY,AS TRUSTEE, ON BEHALF OF THEHOLDERS OF THEJ.P MORGAN MORT‐GAGE ACQUISI‐TION TRUST 2007-CH5 ASSET BACKED PASSTHROUGHCER‐

TIFICATES, SE‐RIES 2007-CH5 VERSUS THEOPENED SUCCESSION OF LINDAPEEK STOCKTON (A/K/A LINDA STOCKTON LINDAP.STOCK‐TON) AND CHRISTINE STOCKTON BARBIN AND STEVEN M. STOCKTON AND JAMESC STOCKTON,III By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedAugust7 2025,I have seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOffice Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Octo‐ber29, 2025 at 10 o'clocka.m thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit:

THEFOLLOWING DESCRIBED REAL PROPERTY SITUATED IN THECITYOF METAIRIE PARISH OF JEF‐FERSON,AND STATEOF LOUISIANA, TO WIT:

LOT(S) 9A, SQUARE 172, BRIDGEDALE SUBDIVISION, JEFFERSON PARISH, LA

IMPROVEMENTS THEREONBEAR THEMUNICIPAL NO.904-906ZIN‐NIA AVENUE METAIRIE,LA. 70001

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges. TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale. NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certified Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit AMYR.ORTIS Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson TheNew Orleans Advocate: September19, 2025, October24, 2025 sep19-oct24-2t $78.59

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:866-825

U.S. BANK NA‐TIONAL ASSOCI‐ATION, AS TRUSTEEFOR CITIGROUP MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2006-WFHE4 ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-

dated July 15, 2025, Ihave seizedand will proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff'sOffice Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Octo‐ber29, 2025 at 10 o'clocka.m thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit:

That certain pieceorportion of ground,situ‐ated in the State of Louisianainthe Parish of Jeffer‐son, East Bank of theMissis‐sippi River, and in Section44, T 13 S, R 10 E, in thesub‐division known as Jefferson Heightsand in Block13, bounded by BradleyDrive DodgeAvenue, RiversideDrive andJefferson HeightsAvenue, designated as Lot“C” on asur‐veymadeby Gilbert, Kelly& Couturie,Sur‐veyors and Engineers, datedMarch 20, 1971, acopyof which is an‐nexedtoven‐dor’sact of purchase and accordingto which said Lot “C”commences at adistanceof one hundred ten (110’)feet from thecornerof DodgeAvenue andBradley Drive, and measures thence forty (40’)feet front onBradley Drive, thesame width in the rear, by adepth be‐tween equal andparallel linesofseventyfive (75’)feet Lot“C” is composed of portions of orig‐inal Lots 1, 2, and3 as shown on aplanof subdivision made by H. L. Zander,Sur‐veyor, dated February 14, 1924. Said por‐tion or pieceof property is also in conformity with thesurvey attached to this actand pre‐paredby Wilton J. Dufrene, Land Surveyor,dated March9,1988 andcertified to Adrian F. LaPeyronnie, III andGulfSouth Bank &Trust Co Having amunic‐ipal addressof 4610 Bradley Drive, Jefferson, LA 70121

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges

TERMS- Thefull purchase price isdue at the timeofthe sale

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certified Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter ofCredit.

PENNY M. DAIGREPONT Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III

Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

TheNew Orleans Advocate: September19, 2025, October24, 2025

sep19-oct24-2t $106

BANK,N.A VERSUS VINCENTP DAVISAND DAWN LEFORT DAVIS, (A/K/A DAWN LEFORT, DAWN DAVIS)

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedJuly8 2025,I have seized andwill proceedto sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOffice Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058,onOcto‐ber 29,2025at 10 o'clocka.m thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit:

Acertain lotof ground,to‐gether with all thebuildings andimprove‐mentsthereon and allthe rights ways,privi‐leges, servi‐tudes, appurte‐nances andad‐vantagesthere‐unto belongingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in theParishof Jefferson, State of Louisiana, within theCity of Westwego, in that part thereof known as West Park HeightsSubdivi‐sion,and ac‐cordingtosur‐veybyDon A. Garland, C. E. datedJuly24, 1971, said lotis designated as LotNo. 81 of Square No.106, which said square in boundedby Kenney Drive, 13thStreet, LeCompte Drive, and17thStreet, and according thereto, said lot commences at a distance of 569 feet from thein‐tersection of Kenney Drive and13thStreet andmeasures thence 71 feet frontonKenney Drive, thesamewidth in therear, by a depth of 70.75 feet between equaland paral‐lellines

Having amunic‐ipal addressof 1237 Kenney Drive, West‐wego, LA 70094

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages,liens and privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck Certified Check, MoneyOrder,or PersonalCheck with Bank Letter of Credit.

PENNY M. DAIGREPONT Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

TheNew Orleans Advocate: September19, 2025

October24, 2025 sep19-oct24-2t $88.65

VERSUS MARK PATTER‐SON

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, ParishofJeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, dated March31, 2025,I have seized andwill proceedtosell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOffice Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Octo‐ber29, 2025 at 10 o'clocka.m thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit:

UNIT NO.45D of CHARDONNAY VILLAGECON‐DOMINIUM,City ofKenner, Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, and an undivided .3187% interest in andtothe common ele‐mentsthereof allasindicated in theCondo‐minium Declara‐tion of CHARDONNAY VILLAGECON‐DOMINIUM,cre‐ated peract be‐fore George Scariano, Notary,dated August 25,1981, recorded under EntryNo. 982849,COB 1010,folio 474, of thecon‐veyancerecords of theParishof Jefferson, State of Louisiana, as designated and shownonthe Plan of Joseph F. Varisco,Jr.,Reg‐isteredLand Surveyor,dated 2/9/81,revised April27, 1981, andJuly29, 1981,annexed as Exhibit BtosaidDecla‐ration,which said Declaration affectsthe im‐movableprop‐erty and improvements thereonsitu‐ated andmore fullydescribed as follows:

That Certain pieceorportion of ground,to‐gether with all the improve‐mentsthereon, andall the rights,ways, privileges, servitudes and appurtenances andadvantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in theCityof Kenner,Parish of Jefferson, Stateof Louisiana, in that part thereofknown as PARCEL 22-A, CHATEAUES‐TATESSOUTH, beinga resubdi‐vision of PAR‐CEL22-A, CHATEAU ESTATESSOUTH, allinaccord with asurvey thereofbyJ.J Krebs& Sons, Inc, C.E.,dated Janu‐ary4,1973, re‐visedMay 7, 1973,approved by theCityof Kenner, UnderOrdi‐nanceNo. 1526, adoptedMay 14 1973,registered in COB789,folio 938, Jefferson Parish,and ac‐cordingtosaid survey by J.J. Krebs& Sons, Inc datedC.E datedJanuary 4, 1973,revised May7, 1973, said parcel is designated as Parcel 22-A andmea‐suresasfol‐lows:Com‐mencingatthe intersection of theWesterly Right of Waylineof Duncal Canal andthe NortherlyRight of Waylineof 35th Street, (now West Esplanade ) hi h

West Esplanade Avenue),which is thePoint of Beginning, mea‐suresthenceN 01 degrees95'28 WA Distance of 1611.35 feet to a Pointonthe SoutherlyRight of Waylineof CanalNo. 11; thence mea‐suresS 87 de‐grees53'36"W ADistanceof 526.27 feet to a point; thence S 2degrees 06'24" Ea distance of 78.18feettoa Point; thence S 16 degrees 59'46" E, adis‐tanceof28feet to apoint; thence along thearc of a curvetothe left having aradius of 234.00 feet (the long chord of which bearsS 58 de‐grees23'53"W 118.01 feet, a distance of 119.03feetto a point; thence along theare of a curvetothe righthaving a radius of 241.00 feet (the long chordofwhich bear S, 45 de‐grees49'54"E, 140.46 feet, a distance of 142.53 feet to apoint;thence alongthe areof acurve to the righthaving a radius of 394.00 feet (the long chord of which bears S11degrees 24'39" W, 509.67 feet,a distance of 554.25 feet to a point; thence alongthe arcof acurve to the righthaving a radius of 822.00 feet,(the long chordof which bearsS 11 degrees 58'41" E473.19 feet), a distance of 479.98 feet to a point; thence S 4degrees 44'59" W, adistanceof 318 feet to aPoint; thence mea‐suresinan Easterly direc‐tion,along the NortherlyRight of Waylineof35th Street (now West Esplanade Avenue), adis‐tanceof576.24 feet to thePoint of Be‐ginning, con‐taining19.643 acres; subject to restrictions, servitudes rights-of-way andoutstanding mineralrights of record affect‐ingthe property ForInforma‐tional purposes only:The Im‐provements thereonbear theMunicipal No 45 RueChardon‐nayAve,Condo D, Kenner,LA 70065.

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck Certified Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

ZACHARYGAR‐RETT YOUNG Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson TheNew Orleans Advocate: September19, 2025, October24, 2025 sep19-oct24-2t $182.88

STATEOF LOUISIANA

NO:861-998

NEWREZ LLC

D/B/ASHELL‐POINTMORT‐GAGE SERVIC‐ING VS GREG LASSITER

A/K/AGREGORY LASSITER

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND

SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedFebruary 25,2025, Ihave seized andwill proceedtosell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOffice Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Octo‐ber29, 2025 at 10 o'clocka.m thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit:

CONDOMINIUM UNIT 124of BEAU CHATEAU

CONDOMINI‐UMS,together with all therightsand appurtenances thereuntoap‐pertaining,in‐cludingrightsto the "CommonEle‐ments" and "limited com‐monelements" as provided in the Condominium Declaration, in‐cludingthe sur‐vey, plot,plans andother in‐struments annexedand recorded in COB 983, folio 940, of theParishof Jefferson; said Condominiumis situated in and on that certain portionorpor‐tionsofground describedas follows:

ONECERTAIN LOTOFGROUND, together with allthe buildings andimprove‐ments thereonand all therights, ways privileges, servitudes,ad‐vantages and appurtenances thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in theCITY OF KENNER, PARISH OF JEF‐FERSON,State of Louisiana, in that part thereof knownas

CHATEAUES‐TATESNORTH SECTION2, SQUARE 11, beinga resubdivisionof Parcel 1, ChateauEstates in accordance with survey by J.J. Krebs andSons, Inc., datedJune19, 1972, approved by theCityof Kenner under OrdinanceNo. 1420, adopted July 10,1972, registered in COB676,folio 23 Jefferson Parish, Louisiana;ac‐cordingtosaid survey SQUARE 11 is bounded by MaconDrive, Sunset Boule‐vard,Chateau Boulevardand St.JulienDrive; thesaidlot is designated andmeasures as follows:Lot A-1forms the corner of St Julien Drive andChateau Boulevardand measures 175.26 feet on St.Julien Drive, by a width on Sunset Boule‐vard side of 163.51 feet,and adepth and front on ChateauBoule‐vard of 380.21 feet, anda depth on thesidelinead‐joiningLot A-2 of 380feet; Lot A-1 being com‐d f

being com posedofapor‐tion of LotA,as persurveyby R.L. Schumann, L.S.,dated September1, 1977, revised September1, 1977, revised September9, 1977, approved by the Kenner City Councilunder OrdinanceNo. 2210, adopted December 27,1977, regis‐teredinCOB 915, folio 951; subjecttore‐strictions,servi‐tudes, rights-of-way and outstanding mineralrights of record affect‐ingthe property

Improvements thereonbear theMunicipal No.1020St. Julien Drive #124

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck Certified Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

ZACHARYGAR‐RETT YOUNG Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

TheNew Orleans Advocate: September19, 2025, October24, 2025 sep19-oct24-2t $135.77

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:867-626 PP GROUP, LLC VERSUS ROBERT MICHAELTROIA ANDMELISSA ANNTROIA

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedAugust7, 2025, Ihave seized andwill proceedtosell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOffice Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Octo‐ber29, 2025 at 10 o'clocka.m thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: ONECERTAIN LOTOFGROUND, together with allthe buildings andimprove‐ments thereonand all of therights, ways,privi‐leges, servi‐tudes, andap‐purtenances thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situ‐ated,inthe PARISH OF JEFFERSON, CITY OF KEN‐NER, STATEOF LOUISIANAin that part thereofknown as GRANDLAKE ESTATESSUBDI‐VISION,Section 2, beinga por‐tion of Sections 10,11,14 and15, Township 12 South, Range9 East,desig‐natedas ParcelsY containing 5.005 acres; Parcel 13i i

acres; Parcel 13 Acontaining 3.2295 acres; Parcel 13-Bcon‐taining 3.5736 acresall in accordance with aplansub‐division dated June 6, 1977 made by Harris & Varisco, Survey‐ors, approved by theCityof Kenner under OrdinanceNo. 2112,approved July 25, 1977 said lotisdesig‐natesasfol‐lows,towit: LOTNO. 17 of SQUARE B, which square is boundedby Grandlake Boulevard, South Lafourche Court, East Lafourche Court, North Lafourche Court, Grand‐wood Boulevard, SouthCata‐houlaCourt East Catahoula Court, North Catahoula Court, southern boundary line of Parcel Y, Jeffer‐sonParish4th Drainage Dis‐trictCanal and thesouthern most boundary line of thesub‐division.Said LotNo. 17 com‐mences at a distance of 561.08 feet from thecornerof Grandwood Boulevardand South CatahoulaCourt andmeasures thence 66 feet frontonEast CatahoulaCourt same widthinthe rear by adepth of 100 feet be‐tweenequal andparallel lines. Allas more fullyshown on survey of Ster‐ling Mandle Surveyor,dated October15, 1980, resurveyed No‐vember 20,1980 to show im‐provements

Improvements thereonbear MunicipalNo.: 3308 East Cata‐houlaCourt Kenner, Louisiana70065.

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck Certified Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

JEFFREY M. TOEPFER Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

TheNew Orleans Advocate: September19, 2025, October24, 2025 sep19-oct24-2t $118.30

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT

24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:867-439 CARRINGTON MORTGAGE SER‐VICES, LLC VERSUS RONDAVERON‐ICASTEWART By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedAugust6 2025,I have

2025 I have seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOffice Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Octo‐ber29, 2025 at 10 o'clocka.m thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit:

THAT CERTAIN PIECEORPOR‐TION OF GROUND,to‐gether with all thebuildings an improve‐mentsthereon, andall the rights,ways, privileges, servitudes, appurtenances andadvantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated,lying andbeing in the City of West‐wego, Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana,and formingpartof “Whitehouse Subdivision” ac‐cordingto a plan of Hotard &Webb, C. E.,dated May 3, 1941,asper second revision datedJuly9, 1943 acopyofwhich is attached to actofsaleby MarreroLand& Improvements Association, Ltd.,toRudy Tassin, passed before Ernest M. Conzelmann, late Notary Public of Jeffer‐sonParish, datedJuly30, 1943,and ac‐cordingtosaid plan said lot is designated as LotNo. TwentyNine (29) of Square No Forty-One(41) which is boundedby Ninthand Tenth Streets, Avenue “C”and “D”; said lotadjoin and measureeach 32 feet fronton Avenue “D,the same in widthin therear, by a depth betweenequal andparallel linesof125.81 feet.And ac‐cordingtosur‐veybyJ.Perry Hotard,C.E datedFebruary 5, 1976,cacopy of which is an‐nexedtoact passed beforeKaren L. Knight,N.P datedFebruary 10, 1976,being a sale by Dorothy Rivers,wifeof Clarence Bel‐lamore,etalto JeffersonSav‐ings &LoanAs‐sociation, said lots aresit‐uatedinthe same Parish, Square andSub‐division,which square is boundedbyAv‐enue “D”, 10th Street,Avenue “C”(side), West‐bank Express‐way (formerly9th Street side)has thesamemea‐surementsand designations as hereinaboveset forth.

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck Certified Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit FOERSTNERG MEYER Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson TheNew Orleans Advocate: September19, 2025

September 19, 2025 October24, 2025 sep19-oct24-2t $110.36

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT

24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:867-397

MCLP ASSET COMPANY, INC. VERSUS DERRICK LEWIS A/K/ADERRICK TYRONE LEWIS By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedAugust 11, 2025,I have seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOffice Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Octo‐ber29, 2025 at 10 o'clocka.m thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit:

That CertainLot Or PortionOf Ground,to‐gether with all thebuildings constructions, component parts, fixtures andimprove‐mentsthereon, andall of the rights,ways, privileges, servitudes,ap‐purtenances andadvantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in theState of Louisiana, ParishofJeffer‐sonin Township 14 South, Range23 and24East, Southeastern Land District of Louisiana, West of theMis‐sissippi River, knownasHar‐veyCanal Prop‐erty,designated as parcel P-2-A-2-A, allas perplanofre‐subdivision made by J.J. Krebs& Sons, Inc.,Civil Engineers& Surveyors, datedMay 15, 1973,revised February 25, 1973,April 11, 1974,May 5, 1975,December 29, 1975,and Oc‐tober19, 1976, andapproved by the JeffersonParish CouncilbyOrdi‐nanceNo. 12617, adoptedNo‐vember 18, 1976, registered in COB879, folio 409, andwhich said portionof ground was subdivided into Woodmere Subdivision, Section5,asper plan of resubdi‐vision by J.J. Krebs& Sons,Inc., Civil Engineers& Surveyors, datedOctober 19, 1976,and Oc‐tober21, 1976,approved by theJefferson Parish Council by Ordinance No.12617regis‐tered in COB879, folio 409; andasper ActofDedica‐tion passedbe‐fore Odom B. Heebe, Notary Public, datedDecem‐ber21, 1976,and registered in COB881, folio 822, same beingdes‐ignatedasfol‐lows andasper OrdinanceNo. 13308, adopted by the JeffersonParish Councilon March29, 1978, registered in JeffersonParish in COB 923, folio 699, said portionof ground is desig‐d f ll

ground is desig nated as follow: Lot1398-Ain Square LL, which square is bounded by RedbudLane, Woodmere Boulevard (side),Deer‐creek Lane (side),and Alex KornmanBoule‐vard,and said Lot 1398-Acom‐mences at adis‐tanceof485 feet from thecorner of Alex Korn‐man Boulevardand RedbudLane, a width of 55 feet in therear, a firstdepth on the easterly side line of 95 feet, a further depth of thesamelot line of 7.07 feet anda depth of 100 feet on the westerlylot line;all as shownonprint of survey by BFM Corporation, datedMay 11, 1987; subjectto restrictions servitudes, rights-of-way andoutstanding mineralrights of record affect‐ingthe prop‐erty Theimprove‐mentsthereon bear themunici‐paladdress 3832 Redbud Lane,Harvey, Louisiana.

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges

TERMS- Thefull purchase price isdue at the timeofthe sale

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certified Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

CANDACEA COURTEAU Attorney for

Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson TheNew Orleans Advocate: September19, 2025, October24, 2025 sep19-oct24-2t $138.94

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT

24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO:855-221 GOOD2GO ROOFINGAND CONSTRUCTION, LLC VS BEACON LIGHT BAPTIST CHURCH OF HOUMA, INC., ANDHERBERT ANDREW,INDI‐VIDUALLY

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritofFIERI FACIAS from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedAugust 25, 2025,I have seized andwill proceedtosell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOffice Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058,onDe‐cember3,2025 at 10 o'clock a.m. thefollow‐ingdescribed property to wit:

That certain pieceorportion of ground,to‐gether with all thebuildings and

and improvements thereonand all therights, ways, privileges, servitudes,ad‐vantages andappurte‐nances there‐untobelonging or in anywise appertaining, situated in the Stateof Louisiana, parish of Jeffer‐son, in that part thereof known as ESPRIT AT STONEBRIDGE EXTENSION, beinga resubdi‐vision of Parcels FF-11D-1,FF-12, Square A, Lot 10A,and Square B, Lot1-A,Lake Timberlane Es‐tates, in accor‐dance with theplanof resubdivisionby Richmond W. Krebs, Profes‐sional Land Sur‐veying L.S. DatedFeb‐ruary8,1999, re‐visedMarch 26, 1999,and fur‐ther revised April6, 1999,approved by theJefferson Parish Council under Ordi‐nanceNo. 20663 on May 5, 1999 andreg‐isteredinthe Office of the Clerk of Court forthe Parish of Jefferson under Instru‐ment No.9931327, in COB 3008,foilo 267 andaccording to which plan said lotismore fullydescribed as follows:

Lot17, Square E is boundedby TulleriesGarden Lane,LakeLynn Drive, Lake Powell Court andLake BernardCourt measures60 feet fronton TulleriesGarden lane,has a width in the rearof61.70 feet hasa depth alongthe Lake Lynn Driveside of 132.03 feet anda depth l th

and a depth alongthe oppo‐site sideline of 146.25 fee. Allin accordance with survey by JohnsonProfes‐sional Land Sur‐veyors,Inc., dated January30, 3001, resur‐veyedMarch 13, 2001, to locate forms, resur‐veyedMarch 27, 2001 to locate slab,resurveyed August 27,2001 acopyofwhich is annexed hereto andmade apart hereof

Beingthe same property ac‐quired by Lan‐ette Early, wife of andHerbert KeithAndrew in that certain ActofCashSale datedAugust 29,2001and recorded under File Number 10149099 CB 3060 6, records of Jefferson Parish Louisiana.

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certified Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with irrevocable Bank Letterof Credit

CHARLESM RUSH Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

TheNew Orleans Advocate: October24, 2025, N b 28

2025 November 28, 2025

Oct-24-nov28-2t $123

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:856-852

U.S. BANK TRUSTNA‐TIONAL ASSOCI‐ATION, NOTIN ITSINDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUTSOLELYAS OWNER TRUSTEEFOR LEGACY MORT‐GAGE ASSET TRUST 2021-GS3 VS KARLASAAVE‐DRAHERRERA

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedAugust 12,2024, Ihave seized andwill proceedtosell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOffice Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on De‐cember 3, 2025 at 10 o'clock a.m. thefollow‐ingdescribed property to wit:

ALLTHATCER‐TAIN LOTOR PARCEL OF GROUND,to‐gether with all of the buildingsand improvements thereon, andall of therights, ways,means, privileges it d

privileges, servitudes,ap‐purtenances, advantages and component partsthereunto belongingor in anywiseap‐pertaining thereto, lying andbeing situ‐ated in the PARISH OF JEFFERSON, STATEOF LOUISIANA, in that part thereofknown as CHATEAU ESTATESNORTH, SECTIONONE, andaccording to aplatofsur‐veybyGeraldB Dunn,LandSur‐veyor, datedOc‐tober12, 1993, a copy of which is annexedtoan act registered in COB2884, folio 841, said portion of ground is designated as LOT29, SQUARE 4, which square is boundedby Bordeaux Drive, St.JulienDrive, Rhone Driveand ChablisDrive andwhichlot commences at a distance of 494.41 feet from theintersection of Bordeaux Driveand St Julien Driveand measures thence 60 feet frontonBor‐deauxDrive, same width in therear, by a depth of 110 feet between equaland paral‐lellines

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certified Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

CRIS R. JACKSON Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

TheNew Orleans Advocate: October24, 2025

November 28, 2025

Oct-24-nov 28-2t $94.

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT

24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:861-304

U.S. BANK NA‐TIONAL ASSOCI‐ATION VS MAGGIE TURNER EDWARDS

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedJanuary 31, 2025,I have seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOffice Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on De‐cember 3, 2025 at 10 o'clock a.m. thefollow‐ingdescribed property to wit: THAT CERTAIN PIECEORPOR‐TION OR GROUND,to‐gether with all thebuildings d i

the buildings andimprove‐mentsthere‐untobelonging or in anywise appertaining situated in the Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in that part thereofknown, as HOOTER HEIGHTSSUBDI‐VISION,all as perplanof Wilton J. Dufrene, Land Surveyor,dated March30, 1978, approved by Or‐dinanceNo. 13369, adopted by theJefferson Parish Councilunder EntryNo. 824675 in COB928, folio 397, as perAct of Dedication before Gerald J. Arceneaux, N.P., datedFebruary 2, 1979,regis‐teredinthe Parish of Jefferson, under EntryNo. 662000 in COB950, folio 134, the said portionof ground is more fullyde‐scribedasfol‐lows,to-wit: LOTNO. 3, SQUARE B, which is bounded by Hooter Road, Rena Court, Northern PacificPublic Belt Railroad RiverRoad (side),and Nor‐mandyPark Subdivision (side) andLot 3 commences 100.11 feet from thecornerof Hooter Road andRena Courtand mea‐sures50' feet frontonHooter Road,the same widthinthe cor‐nerrear, by adepth of 150 feet be‐tweenequal andparallel lines; subjectto restrictions servitudes, rights-of-way andoutstanding mineralrights of record affect‐ingthe t

ing the property Improvements thereonbear theMunicipal No.680 Hooter Road,Bridge City, Louisiana 70094.

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certified Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with irrevocable Bank Letterof Credit

ZACHARYGAR‐RETT YOUNG Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P.